NSA against man who shot at Oppo security guard in Greater Noida

The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration Monday invoked the stringent National Security Act(NSA) against a person involved in firing on a security guard of Chinese phone manufacturing company Oppo's work site in Greater Noida.

District Magistrate Brajesh Narain Singh told reporters that the administration has proposed to detain Aazaad alias Ajju (35), who is arrested as one of the five accused in the case, under the stringent NSA, citing disturbance to public order, if he is released from the jail.

On January 31, alleged operatives of the Sundar Bhati gang had opened fire on the security guard of Oppo's under-construction worksite in Greater Noida.

Later, it emerged that it was done at the behest of local powerful people who wanted to procure contracts for civil work such as water supply and transport in the company, they said.

If a person is booked under the NSA, he/she cannot get bail for a year.

"Five men had come in a car and opened fire at the security person and tried to create ...