Gurgaon: Two men fired shots at the house of a retired Haryana Police sub-inspector in Nagla Enclave Part-II, Faridabad around 2am Thursday, while his family was asleep inside.CCTV footage of the incident shows the two men approaching the house on foot, opening fire and fleeing on a motorcycle. It recorded one of the men, wearing a blue T-shirt with a yellow cotton towel wrapped around his head, pulling out a gun and firing first towards the house. The other man, dressed in a white shirt, then took out a firearm and attempted to fire. After a brief pause, the man with the towel steps back and fires again before discharging a third shot into the air.One bullet hit the wall, and a windowpane was shattered. CCTV footage also shows the man in the white shirt picking up spent bullet casings from the ground and putting them in his pocket before the duo fled.The house belongs to Surjeet Bainsla, a retired sub-inspector of Haryana Police, who lives with his family. Bainsla retired in 2023. “In the CCTV footage installed at the house, he found two men firing outside and did not recognise either of the men and had no knowledge of who they were or why they targeted his house,” he said.The incident has raised questions about the motive behind the firing, particularly as the retired officer has denied knowing the attackers.Police have registered a case. “Efforts are being made to identify the two men and establish the reason behind the firing,” they said.
