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.
On the eve of former President Pranab Mukherkee's visit to Nagpur to address RSS cadre, his daughter Sharmistha Mukherjee went public with her disapproval of the move and warning Mukherjee of the consequences of his presence at RSS headquarters on Thursday.
These outfits have been protesting the Sikh religio-political regime for their alleged surrender to majoritarian forces at the national level.
The police were hard on the heels of gangsters and all those taking the law in their hands, and none of them would be spared, he told reporters on the sidelines of the oath-taking ceremony of the newly elected Congress MLA from Shahkot, Hardev Singh Laddi, at the Assembly in Chandigarh.
The victims have been identified as Jaskarn (Jason) Singh Jhutty, 16, and Jaskaran (Jesse) Singh Bhangal, 17, both residents of Surrey.
Indian skipper Virat Kohli's wax statue will be unveiled on Wednesday at Madame Tussauds in New Delhi.
Veteran Akali leader and former Nakodar MLA Kuldip Singh Wadala passed away on Tuesday following a cardiac arrest. He was 86.