A 50-year-old man was shot dead Wednesday allegedly by unidentified persons in northwest Delhi's Keshav Puram area, police said. The deceased was identified as Vinod Garg, a resident of Rohini Sector-6, they said. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Northwest) Aslam Khan, police received two calls at around 2.45 pm regarding the incident.

Garg was going on a scooter when the incident took place at the Lawrence road underpass, the DCP said. The officer said Garg was unaware about a man, who was shouting for help being robbed by unidentified bike-borne men. The accused got panicked and they fired to intimate the man but the bullet hit Garg on his chest. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was declared brought dead, she added.