A 25-year-old farmer was shot dead outside his house here, hours after he and his elder brother returned from a police station where they had gone to report an alleged knife attack, police said on Thursday.
Police registered a case based on the family’s complaint, but no arrest has been made so far. The victim, identified as Girja Shankar Nishad, was standing outside his house in Wajidpur village in Chaubepur area around 9.30 pm on Wednesday when a villager, Kuldeep Nishad, allegedly confronted him over the police complaint, they said.
The first bullet grazed Girja Shankar as he ducked, the second hit his right hand and the third struck his chest, causing severe bleeding, a senior police officer said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (West) SM Qasim Abidi said preliminary investigation suggested that the killing was linked to an old rivalry between the two families. The victim’s elder brother Rampal had earlier told police that Kuldeep allegedly abused and attacked him with a knife following an argument. The law-and-order situation in the village is normal, police said.
Hearing the gunshots, neighbours rushed to the spot, but the accused fled while brandishing the weapon.
Girja Shankar died on the way to the hospital, the officer said.
