Two men riding a motorcycle allegedly fired in the air following an altercation with a basketball coach near the Mohamedan Sporting Club ground on Red Road on Sunday evening.
Police could not identify the two men till late on Sunday evening.
Mohammad Sajid, 37, a resident of Park Circus and a basketball coach at an academy, was training a few boys around 6pm when the incident happened.
“We came to know during a preliminary investigation that Sajid was teaching hockey when two men came on a bike and started a conversation with him. They wanted to be coached by him,” said an officer.
“It is not clear whether Sajid knew these men from before. It appears they had this conversation before one of them took out a gun and fired two rounds before fleeing.”
The police said they were talking to Sajid to know more about the men.
A few weeks ago, a similar incident of firing was reported from AJC Bose Road, off Minto Park.
A man in a Ganesh idol immersion entourage got involved in an altercation with occupants of a Hyundai Creta. Several bullets were fired, of which one hit a man in the car.
The incident happened when night curfew was in force as a precaution against the spread of Covid.
Immersion processions were not allowed during curfew hours but the police had allegedly done little to stop it.
Sunday’s firing is also a reminder of the easy availability of guns and the impunity with which a section of people had been using them.
Officers said they were examining footage of CCTV cameras installed close to the spot where the shots were fired to find out details of the two-wheeler. No one was arrested till late on Sunday evening.