20-year-old man shot dead on busy road in Lakhimpur Kheri district of UP

A 20yearold man was chased and shot dead by around five assailants on a busy road near a police outpost in the Mishrana locality in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh an officer said on TuesdayAccording to news agency PTI the youth identified as Amogh Seth was a resident of Seth Colony in Hathipur He was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuriesA bookstore employee Aditya Kashyap was also injured in the hand when the attackers opened fire as the youth sought shelter in the shop the police said The employee is reported to be out of dangerThe assailants fled the scene on two bikes after the incident which occurred on Monday evening PTI reportedLucknow Range Inspector General IG Prashant Kumar who was patrolling the city on the same day along with Kheri Superintendent of Police SP Sankalp Sharma to review law and order ahead of Holi inspected the crime sceneSpeaking to reporters the IG said Preliminary inquiry reveals that the deceased youth had a dispute with another person Anmol Puri Bala A thorough investigation will be carried out and the accused will be arrested soonThe Uttar Pradesh Police have registered a case based on a complaint filed by the victims father Bharat who accused a person named Anmol and five unidentified accomplices of shooting his son dead and injuring the shop worker PTI reportedSharma said several teams have been formed to identify the culprits and they are examining the CCTV footageLucknow Businessman shot dead in moving carA businessman died after allegedly being shot in a moving car in Lucknow said the police on TuesdayAccording to Nipun Agarwal Deputy Commissioner of Police South Lucknow the victim identified as Jitendra Singh Bhadoria was killed on BijnorGauri Road when a bullet fired from a 315 bore licensed rifle caused a fatal head injuryAccording to news agency ANI upon receiving information about the incident police and forensic teams arrived at the scene and began investigating the circumstances surrounding the incidentBhadoria a businessman from Lucknow originally hailed from Kanpur cityWhile the initial investigation suggests the possibility of an accident the police are thoroughly examining all angles ANI reportedLegal action is underway and the body has been taken into custody for further examinationEarlier on Sunday a young man was shot in the Ghazipur area of Delhi according to policePeople from Ghazipur protested and blocked the AkshardhamGhaziabad Road on Monday demanding the arrest of the accused for the murder of the young individualOn the case Vineet Kumar Additional DCPI East District said We received information that a man was injured When we went to the hospital we found that he had been shot In the initial investigation 2 people have been detained and several teams are working on itThe reason behind the murder is unknown and the police are working to identify the victim ANI reportedWith PTI and ANI inputs