A man was allegedly shot dead by his friend while they were drinking in Samaypur Badli of Rohini district, the police said on Sunday. The incident took place on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, they added. The victim and the accused, who has not been arrested yet, are both around 30 years old, police said. "The victim had gone to his friends rented flat at Samaypur Badli when the shooting took place. It is a suspected case of a drunken brawl," police said.

The investigation is on to ascertain the exact cause that led to the shooting, police said, adding that the alleged weapon used in the crime has been recovered.

In another incident, a 45-year-old man was shot dead allegedly by a group of men after an altercation during a game of cards turned ugly. They later dumped his body near the Maharaja Agarsen Hospital in west Delhi, they said.

The deceased was identified as Harish Sharma (45). Police said Sharma left his residence on Wednesday night and his body with a bullet injury on his right shoulder was found on Thursday. According to police, the wife of the deceased Sunita Sharma suspected a person named Raju Bhilwari (32) of killing her husband.