Man arrested for killing neighbour in Faridabad over dog dispute

Police officials said Mohan Sharma, 42, shot his neighbour Paramjith Dhankhar, 43, in the stilt-parking area of a residential building in Sector 21C, Faridabad, on November 6. The incident followed a dispute that began months earlier when Sharma’s German Shepherd was alleged to have defecated in shared spaces, prompting complaints from Dhankhar and his family.

According to a crime-branch officer, Sharma arrived at the building’s main entrance around 9 p.m., asked Dhankhar to move his car, and then waited in the parking area with a licensed pistol and a fully-loaded spare magazine concealed in his trouser pocket. CCTV footage released to the press showed Sharma pulling the weapon and opening fire as Dhankhar approached with his son. Dhankhar was shot multiple times in the chest, back and abdomen and later died from nine bullet injuries.

During the attack, Sharma was heard shouting “Diwali Mubarak” and threatening the victim’s family. After the shooting, he emptied his magazine, reloaded, and fled the scene in a Mahindra XUV vehicle that was later recovered. The murder weapon was seized in Patiala, Punjab.

Dhankhar, who had recently returned from Singapore, was a senior vice-president at FPT Software and a former Asia-Pacific business head for Tech-Mahindra. Sharma, who runs a real-estate business in Faridabad and a scrap-copper operation in Rajasthan, was arrested on November 7 and placed on a three-day police remand. He is scheduled to appear before a court after the remand period ends.