Over property dispute, a retired army personnel shot dead two persons at Awadhpuri under Govindpura police station area on Sunday.
According to the police, accused Hari Narayan Singh had a property dispute with his neighbour for long and on Sunday, after a heated exchange with his neighbours, he opened fire at two persons, who later died on their way to hospital.
The victims were rushed to Narmada hospital where the two were pronounced dead. Accused was held by the locals and was handed over to the police.
City Superintendent of Police Shivdayal said that the accused bought the property around 13 years ago from Hari Narayan for `1 lakh, but the person, who sold the property again sold the same property to Aditya Upadhyay around three months ago and later on the issue of ownership of the property, a fight occurred between the two.
On Sunday, the accused had a fight with Upadhyay, his brother-in-law Jitendra Bhargava (32) and security guard Nirbhay Singh (23) and the fight proved fatal for Jitendra and Nirbhay, who were shot dead by the licensed gun of the accused, he added.
CSP Shivdayal said that as the accused is retired army personnel, he had a licensed gun, which was used in the killing of the two. Accused has been arrested and the gun has been seized in the investigation.
The accused reached the house at around 10 am and asked Adiyta and Jitendra to vacate the house, but he was removed from the house later and after two hours, he returned with loaded gun and shot Nirbhya, who was guarding the house and Jitendra, who was inside the house. Aditya left the house before the incident for some important work.
After the preliminary investigation, the body was sent for the post mortem. The police have registered a case under section 302 of the IPC and have started further investigation.