In a shocking incident of road rage, a 21-year-old biker was shot dead by two men following an altercation after his motorcycle grazed their car in Acharya Niketan near Mayur Vihar Phase-1 in East Delhi in the wee hours of Monday. He was shot five times. Police are scanning the CCTV footage of the nearby areas to identify the killers who are at large.
The deceased has been identified as Yogesh Chaudhary, a resident of Chilla village near Mayur Vihar Phase-1. According to police, the accused drove away in their i-20 car after the crime.
“The incident took place outside a 24×7 store. A passerby informed the PCR about a man lying in a pool of blood. He was taken to a nearby hospital by a PCR van where he was declared brought dead,” said a police official.
“Preliminary investigation has revealed that Yogesh had come to buy water for his ailing brother admitted in Kukreja Hospital from a 24×7 store with his two friends on a bike. While he was trying to buy water bottle, the two car-borne men arrived there. Yogesh’s bike grazed the car. This led to an altercation. In the meantime, Yogesh went inside the shop with his friends. The two car-borne men followed them.
They accused Yogesh and his friends of breaking the windscreen of the car and picked up fight again. Meanwhile, one of the two accused pulled out a pistol and fired five to six bullets from a point-blank range at Yogesh,” said the senior police official.
“A case of murder has been registered at the Pandav Nagar police station. A police team is scanning CCTV cameras installed in the vicinity and its adjoining areas. It appears that the accused persons came from the nearby areas. There are certain leads and the same are being investigated to bring the killers to book,” the official added.