Road rage shootout: Retd brigadier, out on morning walk, killed by stray bullets

PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE/ Dehradun

Coming close on the heels of a student’s campus rivalry-related murder in in Selaqui area, another murder and that of a retired brigadier in the city’s upscale Rajpur area in a road rage incident has sent shock  waves across the State.  Out on morning walk, the retired brigadier Mukesh Joshiwas shot dead during an overtaking dispute on Monday morning, around 6:50 AM.  With  two cars racing to overtake on Mussoorie Road, the occupants of one car opened fire targeting those travelling in the other car. It was when the retired brigadier, a resident of Rajpur, had just stepped out on his routine morning walk and  he was struck by a stray bullet. He collapsed on the road and was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed.

Police said that accused had fled, abandoning their car.   An FIR had been lodged and a manhunt was on to nab the accused, police said.