GURGAON: The wife and 18-year-old son of a judge were shot at by his personal security officer in a busy market in Gurgaon this afternoon. Both have been taken to a hospital where sources say, the son is critical. The wife is reportedly out of danger.

The incident took place around 3:30 pm near Arcadia Market in Sector 49, Gurgaon, where the wife and son of additional sessions judge Krishan Kant Sharma had gone shopping.

The gunman first shot the wife and then the son, in front of several eyewitnesses. Immediately after that, he tried to drag the judge's son in the car. But when he couldn't, he left the judge's son on the road and drove away in the same car that they had come to the market in, show video footage captured by eyewitnesses from their cellphones.

On his way, he called the judge to say, "I have shot your wife and son". He made two more calls telling people about the shooting.

The injured have been identified as Ritu (38) and Dhruv.

The gunman, Mahipal Singh, had been posted with the judge for the past two years.

After shooting at them, Mahipal reached a police station where he fired again, before escaping from the spot. The Station House Officer tried to capture him but in vain.  He was arrested from Faridabad road a little while later.

"An additional sessions judge's wife and son were shot at. They have been admitted and the doctors have taken them for a procedure," said DCP Gurgaon (East).

The police say they are interrogating Mahipal to determine the reason behind the shooting.

Initial investigations suggest that he was suffering from depression and was upset at the "misbehaviour" by the judge's family.

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Puttur: A suo motu case was filed by Puttur Town Police against Bharath Kumdelu for disrupting social harmony by making hate speech in Kasba village of the taluk on Thursday evening.

Kumdelu had reportedly made his speech at a programme organized by Vishwa Hindu Parishat and Bajrang Dal Puttur unit at the Jain Bhavan in Kasba on Thursday as obituary to rowdy-sheeter Suhas Shetty who was murdered recently. His speech could incite communal violence and disturb peace, the police have clarified in the case.

Puttur Town Police have filed a suo motu case against Kumdelu under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023 Sections 35/2025 Col-196, 353(2).

The officers are investigating the case.

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