A man shot his rival and injured a woman relative over a trivial dispute in Gonda on Sunday.
As per reports, Ajay Kumar lived with his family in lalapurwa area of Umri Begumganj police station area. He had a longstanding issue with his neighbour Anand Srivastava. On Sunday morning, the two came to a head over the issue of sending a labourer Ramesh to run errand. Soon, family members form both sides joined in flaring the situation further.
As Ajay Kumar dared Anand to kill him, the latter whipped out a country made pistol and shot him on his chest killing him on the spot. He also fired at others standing close to the victim and in the process injured a woman identified as Gayatri Devi.
SO Umri Begumganj said Gaytri is a relative of Ajay's elder brother and had visited their house a week back. He said the woman came to the scene hearing the commotion and suffered firearm injuries. He said the injured woman was hospitalised and efforts to nab the miscreants were on.
Meanwhile, unidentified miscreants bludgeoned an elderly man, identified as Rampal of Arautha village of Sadabad police station area of Hathras on Saturday night. The victim was sleeping by the tubewell in his field when he was attacked. Police said the motive for the murderous attack was related to a land dispute. The case was being investigated by the police.