A 58-year-old man was allegedly shot dead by his nephew for objecting to his drinking habits in Muzaffarnagar district on Monday, police said.
The accused, Vipin Kumar, has been arrested for shooting his uncle dead in the fields in Muzaffarnagar, a police officer said.
The gun used to commit the crime has been recovered and the body sent for post-mortem, the officer added.
Based on a diary that was found by BSF troopers in the torched house of a Kashmiri Pandit, a 25-minute documentary highlighting the community's plight was screened here on Wednesday.
Fatehpur Superintendent of Police Rajiv Raj said the took the extreme step on Tuesday in Bairi village which comes under the jurisdiction of Khakhredu police station.
The court also slapped a fine of Rs. Two lakh on the man, of which Rs. One lakh is to be given as a compensation to the victim.
A Gujarat court sentenced on Wednesday Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel and two others to two years imprisonment in a case of rioting and arson in Visnagar town here in July 2015.
Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh has said the Justice (retd) Ranjit Singh Commission Report on sacrilege cases in the state will be tabled in the next session of the Vidhan Sabha and legal action will be taken against all those found guilty by it.
The E-rickshaw driver, Phoolmati Bhaskar, is a member of a women's cooperative in Teknagar village.