The Court was dealing with a petition filed by one Tarun Preet Singh seeking compensation of ₹1 crore from the government. The petition had been pending since 1998.
The Court was told that Singh was meeting two of his friends — Jagjit Singh and Pradeep Goyal – in Connaught Place when a ten-member team of Delhi Police’s crime branch opened fire at their blue sedan in March 1997.
Police had said that the target of the operation was gangster Mohammed Yasneen, who was also expected to be travelling in the same coloured car.
Jagjit and Pradeep died after being taken to hospital, Tarun Preet survived. His counsel told the Court that though he was discharged by the hospital in April 1997, he is living with shrapnel in his body till today and has disability in his right hand.
While Jagjit and Pradeep’s families were granted a compensation of ₹15 lakh each in the year 2011, Tarun Preet received an ad-hoc compensation of ₹1 lakh in 1999.
Source: Barandbench
