: A 25-year-old man, witness in a murder case, is critical after he was shot at in outer Delhi’s Sultanpuri on Monday night.
The victim, identified as Sidhartha Sharma, had witnessed the murder of a woman in Mangolpuri in March last year, said the police.
Victim threatened
His family members told the police that Sharma was being pressurised to withdraw his statement.
He, however, had refused to succumb to the threats and had even gone to a court in Rohini on Monday morning.
A few hours later, he was shot at four times outside his home in Krishna Vihar.
The police said they had identified the accused based on CCTV footage, and were conducting raids at their possible hideouts.
The police also detained a few suspects on Tuesday.
