Builder shot dead by bike-borne assailants

A 45-year-old builder was today shot dead allegedly by four bike-borne assailants in outer Delhi's Ranhola, the police said.

The deceased, identified as Rajendra Goyal, was a resident of Uttam Nagar, they said.

The incident took place at 9:15 am, infront of Kanak Banquet Hall in Ranhola's Vikas Nagar, where Goyal had come to supervise the construction work of a banquet hall, a senior officer said.

Goyal had parked his vehicle and was in the driver's seat when four men came on two motorcycles and shot at him. He sustained five bullet injuries in his chest, he said.

The victim was shifted to the Deen Dayal Upadhayay Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries, the officer said.