India, May 29 -- New Delhi

A group of four men in their early 20s shot dead their friend's father, a 42-year-old truck driver, and critically injured his wife at their Swaroop Nagar residence on Wednesday evening, over their objections to their son's relationship with one of the accused, causing him to end the relationship, police said.

The accused have been identified and teams have been formed to arrest them, police said.

Police said they were informed about the firing at around 7pm. "We were told about a firing inside a house. A team rushed to the spot and found a couple were the victims of a firing incident. They were rushed to a hospital where the husband was declared dead and the wife is undergoing treatment. She is in a critical...