Faridabad: neighbour shoots Singapore-based tech executive dead in parking row

A Singapore-based technology executive who had come home to Faridabad for a family wedding was shot dead by a neighbour after a quarrel over parking on the night of Friday, 6 November. His son, who was with him, escaped unhurt.

Paramjit Dhankhar was shot in Sector 21C, police said. About 15 rounds were fired from a licensed pistol, and nine of them hit him; he died of his injuries. The station house officer told reporters that the main accused had been arrested and was being questioned. Some early reports had said he was absconding.

According to the police and neighbours quoted in reports, the two families had quarrelled before over parking and a pet dog. The dispute flared again on Friday night when Mr. Dhankhar asked the neighbour to move his car out of the parking space allotted to him.

Mr. Dhankhar had arrived in India on 5 November and was to attend his nephew’s wedding on 24 November. He had worked in senior roles in Asia for the IT company Tech Mahindra, most reports say; some say he later joined FPT Software, a Vietnamese firm. Reports also spell his name differently.

The bigger picture

Parking quarrels turning violent are a recurring story in Delhi-NCR, where housing colonies built decades ago now have far more cars than parking spaces. That the shots came from a licensed pistol is likely to raise questions about how such licences are issued and reviewed.