Friends kill realtor for money

A 35-year-old realtor was shot dead by three of his friends following an altercation over a financial transaction in Neeti Khand here, the police said on Sunday.

The incident took place on Saturday night when the deceased, identified as Virender Gurjar of Pratap Vihar, was returning to Indirapuram in a car with his friends, they said.

Deputy superintendent of police Atul Yadav said Virender’s friends Anshul, Amit Jaat and Sunil alias Bali, said to be in their early thirties, took him in their car on the pretext of a New Year party.

Virender was also accompanied by his brother Lalit and a another friend, Gaurav in the car. When the car approached Shiv Mandir in Neeti Khand area Virender, asked his friend to stop the vehicle to answer nature’s call. As Virender stepped out of the car, his friends Anshul, Amit and Sunil also got down from the vehicle and began firing indiscriminately at him.