Man shot dead in northwest Delhi

New Delhi: A 25-year-old man was shot dead by two unidentified assailants in northwest Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar area, police said today.

Amit (25) was returning home when he was shot at by the two bike-borne assailants at Indira Vikas colony in Mukherjee Nagar area late last night, police said.

“The accused fired six rounds of which one hit the victim. Police rushed him to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him brought dead,” said DCP (north west) Vijay Singh.

Amit had shifted here reportedly after some rivalry at his native village in Jhajjar of Haryana, in which one person was murdered, police said, adding he was living with his sister and brother-in-law and ran a shop.

“A case of murder has been registered and investigation is underway,” Singh said.