Ratan Singh (45), working with a local Hindi news Channel was shot dead, Monday late night in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh.
A news portal quoted SP Devendra Nath “He was shot dead at the residence of the village head. It’s being told that the victim and the accused had some old dispute. The investigation is underway. All accused will be arrested soon.”
Also, the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi told, four people, Dinesh Singh, Arvind Singh, Suneel Singh and Moti Singh, have been arrested in this connection.
As per the police, Ratan Singh was involved in a property conflict with his neighbour Dinesh Singh.
“Ratan had a dispute regarding a property with his neighbour. On Monday evening, there was a fight between the two sides, and the neighbour shot at him. Accused Dinesh Singh is also Ratan Singh’s parcener,” Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar said.