Delhi: Masked men fire shots, hurl eggs at woman journalist

Multiple shots were fired at a journalist by a group of unidentified assailants in East Delhi's Ashok Nagar on Saturday night while she was driving.

According to news agency ANI, the woman journalist Mitali Chandola, who is working with a media organisation in Noida, was driving her Hyundai i20 car around 12:30 am on Sunday when the incident occurred.

The report suggested that her car was overtaken by a Maruti Swift abruptly overtook her, following which the unidentified men fired two shots at her and even hurled eggs on the windshield of the car.

"Two masked assailants first threw eggs at the front glass of my car and when I did not stop, they fired two shots at me," the complainant said.

The incident took place near Dharamshila Narayana Superspeciality Hospital at 12:30 am on Saturday night.

"She has received bullet injuries in the arm and is out of danger. Prima facie it appears to be a case of a family dispute," Jasmeet Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police (East), told media persons.

The investigation is underway to ascertain the identity of the assailants, police said.