Shopkeeper shot dead in Muzaffarnagar

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Oct 19 A 38-year-old shopkeeper was shot dead allegedly over a monetary dispute in a village here on Tuesday, police said.

Pravinder Kumar was at the shop in Phaguna village when the accused, identified only as Bhura, killed him, they said.

Villagers staged a protest following the murder, and police have launched a manhunt to nab Bhura, officials said.

In a separate incident, an unidentified dead body was found in the Luhari Khurd area under the Charthawal police station limits of the district on Tuesday, they said.

Courtesy PTI