Republic of India - Additional District and Sessions Judge family attacked

[Hindustani78]

GURUGRAM, October 14, 2018 10:57 IST
Updated: October 14, 2018 11:08 IST

Police officers at the scene of crime, in Gurugram on Saturday.

Condition of Judge Krishan Kant’s teenage son remains critical

The wife of Gurugram’s Additional District and Sessions Judge, who along with her teenage son was shot succumbed to her injuries late on Saturday night. The mother-son duo had gone for shopping on October 13 afternoon when shot at them from point-blank range.

Police Commissioner confirmed that Ritu Kant, 37, died on Saturday around 10:30 p.m. at Hospital. Ritu Kant was hit in the abdomen and chest. The bullet injury in the chest had punctured Ritu Kant lung leading to clotting of blood. Ritu Kant son Dhruv, who was hit twice in the head and once in the shoulder, continues to be critical.

Judge Krishan Kant’s wife Ritu Kant and teenage son Dhruv were getting into their car after shopping at Arcadia Market in South City-II in Gurugram around 3:30 p.m. when shot at them.

A real estate agent and an eyewitness to the incident, said real estate agent rushed out of his office on hearing two gunshots and found someone engaged in a scuffle with the teenager. “He shot the boy while a large number of people was watching him and video recording the incident on their mobile phones,” said real estate agent.

The two were taken to Hospital in an autorickshaw by passers-by. They were later referred to the other Hospital. Both were operated upon late in the evening on October 13.

Judge Kant, who is the complainant in the case, said in the first information report (FIR) that driver got agitated when his son Dhruv asked him for the keys to the car after he, along with his mother, returned from the shopping. Driver then rushed towards my wife and son without any provocation, Mr. Kant said in the FIR. He claimed that the sequence of events was as told to him by his wife at the hospital.

The security guard was arrested on the Gurugram-Faridabad Road two hours later.

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[Gadkari]

So the judge was attacked by his own driver.

How is this newsworthy ? It's more like a family dispute.

 

[Hindustani78]

He along with his mother was shot in the busy South City-II market on October 13 in full public view.

The teenage son of Gurugram's additional district and sessions judge succumbed to gunshot injuries in the early hours of Tuesday.

He along with his mother was shot in the busy South City-II market on October 13 in full public view.

Spokesperson of Medanta Hospital hospital, where he was shifted, confirmed to The Hindu that Dhruv breathed his last around 3 a.m. He was placed on life support a day after he was shot. The teenager's father judge Krishant Kant decided to donate his organs.

Dhruv's mother, Ritu Kant, 37, who was shot in the abdomen and chest, had died a few hours after she was shot.

The mother-son due were getting into their car after shopping in the afternoon when both were shot at point-blank. The boy was shot twice in the head and once in the shoulder.

Accused was arrested on Gurugram-Faridabad Road two hours after the attack.

The police claimed the accused had shot the duo following a sudden provocation. Accused lost his temper when the judge’s wife and son scolded him for being untraceable after they had finished their shopping and he shot them in a fit of rage, said the police.