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.
The toll due to the Nipah virus (NiP), presently identified in Kerala's Kozhikode and Malappuram, rose to 10 on Tuesday even as the Central and state governments scrambled to contain its outbreak.
Bahl, who was born and brought up in Jammu, was a finalist of the Miss India contest in 1985. The ace climber has now returned to the Everest base camp from where she will return to Kathmandu (Nepal) on Tuesday.
The chief minister said he would soon write to his counterparts in other states, urging them to undertake special development of infrastructure in places visited by Guru Nanak Dev.
The matter came to light after a woman cop came to know about four men in saffron robes roaming with a child in Sahnewalarea of Ludhiana.
A 22-year-old woman, who had separated from her husband and children, and was living with another man, has apparently committed suicide in Rajasthan's Kota district, the police said today.
The dogs caught Ashu by the neck and dragged her for about 300 metres before mauling her, he added.