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Cable TV operator injured in firing in Thane district of Maharashtra

THANE: A 49-year-old cable TV operator was severely injured when two unidentified men shot at him in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday.

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Thane, October 30

A 49-year-old cable TV operator was severely injured when two unidentified men shot at him in Thane district of Maharashtra, police said on Wednesday.

Guddu Munawar Majid was on way to Ulhasnagar town in an auto-rickshaw around 10 pm on Tuesday when the two motorcycle-borne men fired two rounds at him from point-blank range in Kalyan area and fled, an official at Mahatma Phule police station said.

Majid, who is into cable TV business in Bazarpeth area of Kalyan town, received bullet wounds on his arms and was rushed to a local hospital where he is undergoing treatment, he said.

According to the police, the victim could not identify the assailants as it was dark.

Search for the culprits is on, the official said, adding that a case was registered under Sections 307 (attempt to murder) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC and the Arms Act. PTI

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