One young biker was killed while another was injured in police firing in the wee hours of Sunday in New Delhi, police sources said.
The incident occurred between 2.00 am and 2.15 am at Windsor Place of New Delhi when a group of bikers were involved in a confrontation with police officials trying to stop them from performing dangerous stunts on the roads.
Karan Pandey was killed when a bullet fired by the police in an attempt to puncture the tyre of the bike he was riding, hit him in his back, police officials said.
Pandey was riding pillion on Punit Sharma’s bike, who was injured in the incident. Both of them were rushed to Ram Manohar Lohiya hospital, where Pandey was declared dead. Sharma was found to be drunk when tests were carried out at the hospital.
A police patrolling van reached Windsor Place after there were reports that some 30 young bikers were performing dangerous stunts.
When the policemen instructed them to stop, the bikers started pelting stones at them, which damaged the police vehicle.
Some warning shots were fired in the air to disperse the bikers. But when the group still continued their stunts a police official tried to puncture the tyre of one of the bikes, which accidentally hit Pandey on his back. Some policemen were also injured in the incident.