The youth, identified as Sumit, was shot dead while going on a night walk after dinner last night, said a police officer.
Sumit's family members said that two men on a bike shot him. Alarmed by the gun fire they rushed out and saw him lying on the road with a bullet injury on his chest, the officer said.
He was rushed to Harishchandra Hospital where he succumbed to the gun shot.
Investigation has been undertaken after registration of a case of murder but no arrest has been made so far, added the officer.