Delhi, October 1: A tuition teacher identified as Ankit Garg was shot dead today morning allegedly by two assailants in Northeast Delhi's Mahendra Park. According to a PTI report, the victim was shot dead around 8:30 am. A senior police official as quoted in the report said, "The motive behind the killing is not clear yet. Ankit's family has claimed that this might have happened due to a Muslim woman with whom he was in a relationship." Reportedly, the victim was shot by the girl's brother as he was not happy with the union.

Post receiving the information of the incident, the police reached the spot and took the body into the possession and sent it to the post-mortem. Police are trying to detect the exact cause of the murder. Delhi Man Shot Dead for His Complaint Against Drug Peddlers, Locals Protest, Accuse Police of Revealing His Identity.

In a similar shocking incident from Delhi, a 38-year-old man was shot to death by unknown miscreants in Delhi's Taimoor Nagar area. The victim identified as Rupesh was allegedly killed in firing by two unknown men, who were passing by his house. Rupesh's family claimed that he had opposed the sale of drugs in the area and that is why he was attacked. Locals have alleged that the drug gang found out about the complainant's identity from the police, which led to widespread protest. A CCTV footage of the incident has gone viral, and it shows two men walking up to Rupesh on a busy street, and shooting him in the chest before walking off.

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