32-year-old man shot dead in UP

A 32-year-old man was shot dead by two persons in a brick kiln in Khekra of Baghpat district, police said today.
Vinod Bansal (32), a resident of Ganoli village in Baghpat who used to work as JCB driver, was shot dead last afternoon and his body was thrown off in a canal, Officiating Superintendent of Police (rural) Amar Singh said.
SHO Khekra police station Subodh Yadav misguided the villagers and told them that injured Vinod is under treatment in a hospital and will return soon, he said.
Trusting his statement, the family members of the victim started searching him in nursing homes and hospitals, he said.

The body was today found floating in a canal near Banthla village in Loni area in Ghaziabad district, he said.
On learning about the incident, the irate locals reached the brick kiln and set it on fire, he said.

On the basis of a complaint by his family members, an FIR was registered with Khekra police against Kartar Singh and Baboo, he said.
Irate villagers demanding action against SHO Khekra Subodh Yadav for transferring of case to Loni, kept the body on Banthala-Baghpat road and disrupted traffic for four hours, he said.
The traffic was restored only after assurance of action by police officials, he said.

Later, the body was sent for post-mortem, the SP added.