Dispute over a chak road led to a daylight shootout in which two cousins were killed in Agra on Thursday.
The violence led to tension in the area and the local police rushed along with senior officers to investigate the matter. Additional force was summoned from neighbouring police stations to avert any untoward incident.
As per reports, Atar Singh and Ganga Singh of Kheda Rathore locality in Bah police station area had been nursing an enmity for some years over the laying of a kutcha road in the village. On Thursday, some aides of Ganga Singh placed pipes near an embankment to irrigate their fields which was immediately opposed by Atar Singh’s kin Mahesh Kumar Singh (45) and his cousin Dinesh Singh (38).
In the meantime, some more accomplices of Ganga Singh converged on the spot with firearms and opened fire, hitting the cousins. The victims suffered fatal gunshot wounds and died on the spot.
Later, the police rushed to the crime scene and sent the bodies for autopsy.
A case was registered but police raids to nab the assailants failed to yield results as they fled their homes.
Meanwhile in Meerut, a 27-year-old photographer was hit during a celebratory firing at a wedding and suffered critical injuries late on Tuesday night.
The victim, identified as Vijay Kumar, suffered gunshot wounds at a wedding function at Anika Banquet Hall in Gangasagar Colony.
The police later booked two unidentified persons and were scanning CCTV footage to identify the accused.
Doctors attending on Vijay Kumar said that he was admitted to the ICU and the bullet had hit his stomach. He was operated upon and the next few days were critical for him, he added.
Vijay’s colleague Abhishek Kumar said that some unidentified baraatis were dancing at the ceremony and a few of them took out a revolver and started firing indiscriminately. The inebriated men started firing while other guests ran for cover. In the meantime, a stray bullet hit Vijay on the stomach after which he passed out.
A case was registered at Bhawanpur police station and efforts were underway to ascertain the identity of the accused and them.