Some thought children were bursting crackers near the Ganesh Chaturthi pandal just 100 metres away. New Delhi: At first, it sounded like a bike backfiring, again and again.
The man’s son, a businessman, was killed in a May 2025 shootout. In Nov, Ratan Lohia, who our family knows, was killed, with 69 shots fired.
Vijay’s wife Ritu Lohia said, “It began when Ajay, Vijay’s younger brother, was arrested for allegedly aiding the businessman’s killing. Vijay’s family alleged they had been threatened several times by a man residing in their neighbourhood in Fatehpur Beri. Now we have been targeted.”
More than 10 rounds were fired at Vijay, in what his family claimed was a case of revenge killing. She claimed he had confided in her about being harassed by a few men over the past 15 days.
His sister Sudha said Vijay was supposed to appear in court to record a statement in a property feud. Vijay had reassured his family many times that “no one would harm him as he wasn’t involved in any dispute”. The middle son among three brothers, he had been a gym trainer for eight years. Four years ago, he opened his own gym.