India, June 27 -- New Delhi

Two boys, aged 16 and 17, allegedly shot dead a 22-year-old man while he was returning home to Pooth Khurd village near Bawana from a gym on Thursday night, police said on Friday, citing a property dispute as the reason for the murder.

The police said the two juveniles were roped in as hitmen by the victim's rivals and were also supplied with firearms by the key conspirator to shoot the victim dead, identified as Keshav.

Deputy commissioner of police (outer-north) Shobhit D Saksena said that on Thursday evening, a caller informed them that two boys riding a motorcycle had fired upon his brother and fled the spot. A police team rushed him to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to the bullet injuries. " Kesh...