A man shot dead his rival on a petty issue in Fatehpur district on Saturday evening. Irked over the incident and due to late arrival of the police, the kin and family members of the victim snatched the double barrel gun from the assailant and lynched him to death also.
As per reports, the victim Suresh Sahu (35) of Akupur village under Asothar police station area had a rivalry with Ram Naresh Shukla (70) of same village over a field’s boundary related issue. Both had verbal spat over the long standing issue and Ram Naresh shot dead Suresh hitting him at his chest. Deceased’s family members who were at the scene got infuriated over Ram Naresh and they over powered him as he was frail and could not load the gun next time. They then lynched him to death in the field.
Heavy police force was sent to the scene to control the situation and to avoid fresh clash between the warring groups. Police registered a case in this connection and sent the body for post-mortem.