A 25 year-old youth was killed after his companions on two bikes fired at a car in Surajpur area of Greater Noida but the bullets hit him instead.
Police said the incident took place around 2 pm in a road rage dispute.
Police said two youths, identified as Shyam and Gullu of lakhnawali, were passing from Surajpur areas in their Santro car. As they were on their way, four youth on a scooty and a bike passed his car. When the Santro car driver kept pressing the horn for side, the bikers did not give passage.
Police said the four youths on two bikes brought themselves just parallel to the car and started abusing the car passengers. A dispute took place and the bikers pointed the guns towards the youths travelling in the car.
Police said a youth seated in the car dragged one of them and then the bikers from other side fired at the car but the occupants in the car escaped unhurt and the bullet hit one of the companions driving a bike on opposite side.
Police said the injured youth fell down in a pool of blood on road and other three youth managed to flee from the spot. Police rushed him into a nearby hospital where the doctor declared him brought dead.
Police said that the deceased has been identified as Manoj(25), resident of Nandgram, Ghaziabad.
However, the other three are at large and have not been identified yet. "We have sent the body for postmortem. One youth who was shot dead by their companions has been identified. We have formed police team to identify the others and to arrest them. Prima-facie, the incident is not being connected with any rivalry as both parties hail from different places. It is a road rage incident according to statement of eyewitnesses. We are investigating the case with all possible aspects," said Sanjay Singh, Superintendent of police (Rural), Greater Noida.