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'Happy Diwali': Accused shouted after killing ex-Tech Mahindra regional head

By · Via Times of India · Published by Everything Blog

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Paramjeet Dhankhar, a former Tech Mahindra regional business head, died at the scene after being struck by nine bullets fired from a licensed .45 ACP pistol. Police stated that the suspect, scrap dealer Mohan Sharma, tricked Dhankhar into coming down to the parking area under the pretense of moving his vehicle. Security cameras captured the assailant reloading his weapon in the street and yelling festive threats as he pursued the victims. Crime Branch officers subsequently apprehended Sharma near DLF Chowk in Ballabhgarh, seizing the firearm used in the assault.

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  • Police charged the suspect with murder, attempted murder, and criminal conspiracy under t…: Police charged the suspect with murder, attempted murder, and criminal conspiracy under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
  • The fatal confrontation stemmed from long-standing disputes concerning parking arrangemen…: The fatal confrontation stemmed from long-standing disputes concerning parking arrangements and pet defecation within the building.
  • Investigators recovered the licensed .45 ACP pistol used to carry out the deadly street s…: Investigators recovered the licensed .45 ACP pistol used to carry out the deadly street shooting.

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FARIDABAD: “Happy Diwali. I will kill the whole family today,” Mohan Sharma allegedly shouted after shooting his neighbour, former Tech Mahindra regional business head Paramjeet Dhankhar, dead in Faridabad.

A woman relative tried to stop him, but Sharma continued firing on the road while hurling abuses. CCTV footage also showed him reloading his weapon with another magazine.

A day before the

murder, Sharma had allegedly been involved in an altercation with Dhankhar and his friends. Sharma was arrested by a Crime Branch team near DLF Chowk in Ballabhgarh the following day.

A police investigation has revealed that the former senior IT executive and his friends abused Sharma, leaving him humiliated and nursing a grudge that eventually culminated in the murder on Nov 6. Sharma, a scrap dealer, was arrested within hours of the murder.

A senior police officer said the hostility between the two families had escalated after Dhankar’s family lodged a complaint against Sharma with police a few days before the murder.

The confrontation, later on, involving Dhankar and his friends, after he returned to India, aggravated the situation.

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