Showing no mercy, the accused locked the shutter of the vend after the victim, Omprakash, 52, suffered a bullet wound on the right side of the stomach, due to which he stayed there bleeding till Sunday morning.

The vend, according to the police, is located in a secluded area in Kasauli village.

Omprakash’s wife Rekha told the police that around 9.30 pm on Saturday, her husband was at the vend’s counter, while she was in a small room inside.

Just when they were about to sit for dinner, three unmasked youths, aged 20 to 23, turned up and asked for liquor.

As his husband went to get the bottles, one of the three youths shot at him, following which he fell on the floor screaming in pain.