Biker killed with iron rod by acquaintances in Nalasopara

A 24-year-old biker was killed in a road rage incident in Nalasopara when he was on his way to attend his friend's birthday party in the early hours of Monday.

- Megha Sood

MUMBAI: According to the police, the incident took place at around 1.30 am when the victim, identified as Saurabh Anil Mishra, and his friend Sachin Sharma, 25, were riding towards Santosh Bhavan in Nalasopara to pick up a friend.

Sharma, an eyewitness to the incident, told the police that around 1.30 am, when they were on their motorcycles on the road leading to Sant Rohidas Society and Mahura Bal Vikas School near Mochapada, they saw Kaushik Chauhan, 20, and Ajay Chauhan, 21, two brothers whom they knew from the neighbourhood, standing near their house.