Gaya: A Janata Dal (United) party legislator's son shot dead a class 12 student in Bihar's Gaya town for overtaking his car.
According to police, 19-year-old Aditya Sachdeva, son of a businessman, was shot dead on late Saturday night by Rocky Yadav, son of ruling party MLC Manorma Devi and Bindi Yadav, a criminal turned politician.
The preliliminary investigation, police said, suggested that in a fit of rage, Rocky killed Aditya after a heated argument for not giving side to his new Land Rover car.
A friend of the deceased said that when they tried overtaking the car, Rocky started firing shots in the air. “They assaulted my friends, fired shots because of which my friend died,” he said.
After a protest in Gaya over Aditya's killing, police have detained accused's father Bindi Yadav for interrogation.
“My son was driving the car and those four persons in other car were drunk. They started overtaking his car and stopped my son on the way. They then pulled him out of the car and started beating him,” Bindi told police.
Bindi also claimed that during the scuffle, his son took out his licensed pistol in defence, but the trigger accidentally went off.
“We respect the law and whatever legal procedure is there will be followed,” he said.
Police have also recovered Rocky's car from his parents' house.
Meanwhile, JD(U) leader Ali Anwar said that anyone taking law in their hands will not be spared. “Such people can't be protected,” he said.
