A 45-year-old man was allegedly shot dead by his relative over a land related dispute in Sultanpur district, an official said on Sunday.
The accused was arrested within hours, he said.
Additional Superintendent of Police Vipul Kumar Srivastava said an argument broke out between victim Moin Ahmed and accused Fayaz Ahmed over a property in Lolepur village on Saturday night.
Fayaz took out his unlicensed weapon and shot Moin dead.
The body was sent for autopsy, Srivastava said and the weapon used in the crime was recovered.
Further investigation is underway.
Meanwhile, five people, including three women and an Uttar Pradesh Police constable, were arrested for allegedly blackmailing a man after making his objectionable video, officials said on Sunday.
The arrested constable has been put under suspension.
Senior Superintendent of Police in Meerut, Rohit Singh Sajwan, said, “Five persons, including a constable named Dinesh Kumar, have been accused of blackmailing. The accused were arrested on Saturday and a probe is underway.”
Kumar was posted at the district’s Pallavpuram police station.
The victim owed some money to one of the accused, identified as Swati Rathi, police said.
Rathi called the victim to his house and gave him tea spiked with sedatives. She along with her husband Rachit Rathi and her two female friends — Radhika and Neeraj — then made an objectionable video and started blackmailing the man with the help of the constable, police said.
Tired of being blackmailed and getting repeated threats that the video would be uploaded on the internet, the victim finally filed a complaint to the police, officials added.