PUNE: A 49-year-old lawyer was allegedly shot dead by a 17-year-old boy on the premises of the tehsil office in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district on Monday.

The police suspect the murder to be the fallout of road rage incident involving the lawyer and the student.

The Newasa police said the boy fired three shots at lawyer Riyaz Pathan before surrendering. Pathan was rushed to hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

Additional superintendent of police in Ahmednagar Sunita Thakare said that the police have detained the boy and have seized the firearm.

“He said he shot Pathan following the road rage incident. We are verifying his claim,” she said.

Panic gripped Newasa and residents went on a bandh to condemn the murder.

The boy is a science student at a junior college in the city. Two days back, the boy was on his way to college on his motorcycle when Pathan’s two-wheeler apparently brushed past him following which they got into a heated argument.

On Monday, the boy waited near the Newasa tehsil office for Pathan was to come. After shooting Pathan, the boy immediately surrendered at the police station.

Thakare said the police were investigating from where the student had procured the firearm. “We are also verifying his age,” she said.

(With inputs from Tarachand Mhaske)