HIGHLIGHTS
• Salman along with his friends Sohail and Amir went out for a drive to India Gate on Saturday
• Sohail reportedly shot 19-year-old Salman on the cheek while shooting a TikTok video
• Sohail was arrested as he fired the bullet, while Amir was arrested for disposing the weapon
A 19-year-old man was allegedly shot dead by his friend as they posed with a pistol to make a video on mobile app TikTok, police said Sunday.
Last night, Salman Zakir along with his friends Sohail and Amir went out for a drive to India Gate.
While returning, Sohail sitting next to Salman, who was driving the car, pulled out a countrymade pistol. He aimed it at Salman while trying to make the video but the pistol went off shooting him on his left cheek, police said.
Amir was in the rear seat of the car, a Creta, when the incident happened near Ranjit Singh Flyover, adjacent to Barakhamba Road in central Delhi, police said.
After the incident, the two friends panicked and drove to Sohail's relatives' place in Daryaganj, where he changed his blood-stained clothes.
Then along with the relative they took Salman to nearby LNJP Hospital, where doctors declared him dead, police said.
They left the hospital soon after admitting Salman. Around 11.15 pm, the hospital authorities informed the police, officials said.
A murder case and a case under Arms Act have been registered at Barakhamba Police Station and Amir, Sohail and another man, Sharif, have been arrested, they said.
Sohail was arrested as he fired the bullet, while Amir was arrested for disposing the weapon. Sharif, who was not present at the spot when the incident happened, was arrested for disposing the blood-stained clothes, the officer said.
Salman's body has been kept at the hospital and post-mortem will be done on Monday.