In an incident of road rage reported from East Delhi, a 25-year old man was shot dead while he was on his way home after attending his nephew's wedding near Dallupura village in east Delhi. The victim, Deepak Bhadana, is a resident of Faridabad, and had just got married six months ago.

Running a cow fodder business, Bhadana was the only earning member of his family as his younger brothers are studying and his father who was a Hawaldar in the Indian Army, had died of illness.

The incident took place around 10 pm on Sunday when Deepak was on his way home along with his relatives. Describing the sequence of events, Deepak's brother Sukhbir Bhadana, who was also present at the wedding venue and at the spot when he was shot, said. "We left from Faridabad around 4pm for the wedding. He was in his Innova car with his driver and other relatives. We don't travel much to Delhi hence we are not familiar with the routes here."

Sukhbir added that their car reached the Dallupura-Kondli road and since there was a traffic jam they had to stop near the turning point and had to take a right. In the meantime, a cherry red Endeavour car bearing a VIP number and an Uttarakhand number plate, brushed past against their car, hitting the bumper, and the rear-view mirror, from the driver's side.

"Deepak was sitting in the co-driver's seat and got down to talk to the accused man. They had an argument and started verbally abusing one another. The accused was drunk and hence the other relatives asked Deepak to come back and sit in the car. The Endeavour was supposed to take a left turn from the point," said Sukhbir.

"Deepak came and sat in the car exactly behind the driver. When our car moved ahead to take the right, he whipped out his pistol and fired. The bullet hit him behind his ear and he died on the spot," he added.

A PCR call was made and the family members rushed Deepak to Metro Hospital in Noida where he was declared brought dead. Police officers have seized the car and identified the accused. A case under the appropriate sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been registered at New Ashok Nagar police station. Further investigations are underway.