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UP: Village head shot dead over old rivalry in Baghpat

Baghpat (UP), May 14 (UNI) A village head was shot dead and another injured in indiscriminate firing by two motorcycle-borne miscreants in Binauli area of Baghpat district here in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, a senior police officer said.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Suraj Kumar Rai said two assailants came to Sirsali village on a motorcycle and opened indiscriminate fire on village head Dharmendra Tomar, who was playing cards at a person's house in the village. "The village head and another person, Vineet Kumar, were seriously injured in the firing," he said.
On receiving the information, Additional SP Narendra Pratap Singh and other top police officers reached the spot in the village and inquired about the matter. "The injured were immediately admitted to Meerut Hospital, where the village head died during treatment. The condition of the other injured remains critical," he said.
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