A teen-age boy was allegedly shot dead late on Saturday night in Gaya district of Bihar for overtaking an SUV of a ruling party Janata Dal (United) legislator’s son. The son of the JD(U) leader is still absconding but his father and the bodyguard has been detained by the district police.

The incident happened when the son of a prominent businessman of the town, Aditya Sachdeva, a plus-two examinee, was traveling in his Swift car with his friends and allegedly overtook the SUV (Sports Utility Vehicle) driven by Rocky Singh Yadav, son of JD(U) MLC Manorama Devi under Rampur police station of the district. Rocky was travelling in his car along with a security guard provided by the Bihar Police for the politician.

“We’re returning from Bodh Gaya and soon after we overtook the SUV they started firing in the air and made us stop. Then they forced us to get out of the car and started punching us. When we tried to leave the spot, someone fired and my friend got hit”, said friend of Aditya Sachdeva who was accompanying him in the car.

Rocky’s father, JD(U) MLC Bindeshwari Prasad Yadav alias Bindi Yadav, has been detained by the police, along with the security guard Rajesh Kumar who was accompanying Rocky in the SUV. Police have also recovered Rocky’s SUV from his parents’ house.

Preliminary investigation suggested that in a fit of rage, Rocky killed Aditya after a heated argument for not giving side to his new Range Rover car, said senior police official Saurabh Kumar.

He also added that the victim Aditya Sachdeva was brought to Anugrah Narayan Medical College and Hospital where the attending doctors declared him as brought dead. A manhunt has been launched for the arrest of Rocky Singh Yadav too, said the police official.

Meanwhile, Bindi Yadav whose reign of terror had earlier sent shivers among the residents of Gaya, has defended his son saying the other persons who scuffled with his son were drunk and they assaulted his son too.

“They started overtaking my son’s car and stopped my son on the way. They then pulled him out of the car and started beating him up,” Bindi Yadav said adding that “during the scuffle, my son took out his licensed pistol in defense and by mistake it all happened.

Protesting the incident the local people on Sunday morning had blocked the road near Mahavir bridge in the town and raised slogans against the local administration and demanded immediate arrest of the accused in the case.

Later, the senior state BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Prem Kumar who represents Gaya town in the House, met the family members of the victim and expressed sorrow.

“As we’ve saying that the law and order situation in the state has completely collapsed and this incident has been glaring reflection of this. We demand immediate arrest of the accused in the case”, Prem Kumar told The Hindu.