India, Jan. 15 -- A late-night search for a drunk relative turned tragic in southeast Delhi's Jaitpur Pushta area when a 20-year-old man died after his motorcycle, with a non-functional headlight, crashed into a ditch while being chased by a pack of stray dogs.

Tushar Kumar (20), a compounder at a pharmacy, died, while his friend Sudhakar Singh (29), a pharmacist who was riding pillion on the motorcycle, sustained injuries when their motorcycle fell into a ditch after they were chased by a pack of stray dogs on January 10, police said.

"It was around 10 pm when we started looking for my maternal uncle's son Uddham, who had left his house in a drunken condition following a dispute," Singh said.

As Uddham frequently visited the Madanpur ...