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 complaint alleged that Shashi Tharoor, with "mala fide intention, made the statement which is not only abuse of the Hindu deity but also defamatory".
"When Pakistan has carried out any ceasefire violation, we have given them a befitting reply," Army's Northern Command chief, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh said.
The incident took place on Thursday around 3.30 pm at a market place in the area.
Mahesh Pal, the father of the athlete, who allegedly hanged himself to death, says he does not know what went wrong and why his son took such an extreme step.
A 43-year-old businessman who was apparently in a strained relationship with his wife and suffering losses in business allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with a pistol in south Delhi's Mehrauli on Thursday, police said.
A 25-year-old woman, who was about to get married soon and had got engaged a few days back, is in a serious condition after unidentified men threw acid on her here, police said on Friday.