New Delhi, June 28 -- A 26-year-old man allegedly shot dead his father in north Delhi's Timarpur area after being denied the front seat in a tempo that the family had hired to shift to their native place in Uttarakhand, police sources said on Friday.

The accused, identified as Deepak, was arrested from the spot and the gun used in the crime along with 11 live cartridges was recovered, they said.

The incident took place around 7.30 pm on Thursday near MS Block, Timarpur, where staff patrolling heard a gunshot and rushed to the spot.

"The staff found a man lying in a pool of blood on the pavement while locals were trying to snatch the gun from the accused," said the source

The victim, identified as 60-year-old Surendra Singh, a retired ...