Black hoodie, scooter and Thar: CCTV captures fatal shooting of AAP leader outside gurdwara

CHANDIGARH: A CCTV video has emerged showing the fatal shooting of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) functionary Lucky Oberoi extracurricular a gurdwara successful the upscale Model Town country of Punjab’s Jalandhar metropolis aboriginal connected Friday morning.The brazen onslaught took spot during the greeting hours astatine astir 7.35am connected a thoroughfare burstling from vehicles and devotees heading towards gurdwara.

As Lucky Oberoi stepped retired of the Gurdwara, unlocked his Mahindra Thar parked outside, a hooded younker casually walked towards the SUV and abruptly fired shots astatine Lucky from adjacent scope portion helium remained seated connected the wheels. The CCTV visuals showed that the slayer waited for Lucky Oberoi to settee successful the car archetypal minimising each the chances of his imaginable escape.After firing a fewer shots connected Lucky, the shooter ran towards an emerging scooter from a adjacent lane and sped distant from the spot. The full onslaught took conscionable 10 seconds.According to police, Oberoi was seated wrong his Thar SUV erstwhile astatine slightest 2 attackers arrived connected a scooter and opened fire. Oberoi sustained captious injuries and was rushed to a backstage hospital, wherever helium aboriginal died.Police said the assailants fired respective bullets earlier escaping.

Investigators are examining CCTV footage from the country and person launched a manhunt to place the shooters and found the motive down the killing.Oberoi’s wife, Simarjot Kaur, had contested past year’s municipal corp elections connected an AAP ticket. Oberoi was considered adjacent to Rajwinder Thiara, the party’s in-charge for the Jalandhar Cantt constituency.He worked arsenic a financier and was besides progressive successful the spot business. Oberoi lived successful the Guru Teg Bahadur Nagar country of Jalandhar.Police said further details would beryllium shared arsenic the probe progresses.