Railway Crossing Stop, Then Spray Of Bullets: How INLD Leader Was Ambushed
NDTV
Police are now looking for the i20 car the killers are suspected to have used
The SUV in which Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Nafe Singh Rathi was travelling in had stopped at a railway crossing yesterday when a car stopped near the vehicle. Five men got off, and what followed was a spray of bullets at the Toyota Fortuner the INLD leader was in. Sixty-six-year-old Rathi and one of his aides were killed in the shooting, and two others were left critically injured.
Police are now looking for the i20 car the killers are suspected to have used. In CCTV footage from the area in Haryana's Jhajjar district, the car is seen following the SUV as it approaches the railway crossing.
Mr Rathi was sitting in the front and his nephew was driving. At the rear were INLD leader Jaikishan Dalal and a gunner deployed for the INLD leader's security. Police sources said about 20 rounds were fired, most of them at the prime target.
