A 37-year-old man, Vikram Guruswami Reddy, was fatally shot dead in a dispute over a birthday celebration in the Dehu road area of Pune's Pimpri Chinchwad on Thursday night, police officials said, ANI reported.

According to the Dehu Road Police Station's Senior police official, the incident occurred when a group of people confronted the victim and his friend Nandkishor Yadav, who were celebrating the birthday of Yadav's niece on the roadside.