A 31-year-old contractor was shot dead while sleeping at an ash-packing warehouse in Faridabad’s Ghazipur area in the early hours of Friday.
The police identified the deceased as Yogesh Kumar, a native of Bihar. The body was sent to the ESIC Hospital mortuary for post-mortem examination. Dabua police received information about the incident around 5.30 am on Friday. The police said Yogesh had arrived at the warehouse around 11 pm on Thursday with some labourers from Bihar. After dinner, the workers went to sleep at different places in the warehouse premises around 1 am. Yogesh was sleeping on a cot.
Preliminary investigation revealed that an unidentified assailant shot Yogesh in the head between 2 am and 3 am, killing him on the spot. Workers later told police they had heard a sound like a firecracker during the night, but ignored it. In the morning, they found Yogesh lying in a pool of blood and informed the police.
“We are trying to find out who entered the warehouse late at night and what the motive behind the murder was. CCTV footage from nearby areas is also being examined. The case will be solved soon,” a senior police officer said.
