Farmer shot dead in Meerut

A farmer was shot dead by bike-borne assailants while his nephew was injured in the attack near Bhaisa village here, police said today.
55-year-old Narendra Singh was yesterday going to Meerut from Niloha town on his bike with his 25-year-old nephew Monu. The bike-borne men opened firing on them near Mawana-Khurd bypass, SSP Omkar Singh said.
While Narendra died on the spot, Monu who was shot in the thigh, saved himself by hiding in a nearby sugarcane field, he added.
On basis of a complaint registered by Monu, four youths of the same village have been booked in this connection, Singh said adding, two of them have been arrested.

Irate people blocked the Meerut-Pauri highway for about four hours after the incident. Additional police force was deployed at the site and adjoining areas to handle the tense situation, police said.