Youth shot dead in Bihar

shot dead allegedly by his kins in Dhelu Bigaha village under Kanko police station area in Bihar's Jehanabad district, the police said.

The youth, identified as Laldev Yadav (25) was shot dead allegedly by his kins following a land dispute between them, Kanko police station's Station House Officer (SHO) Ashok Kumar said.

Yadav's murder took place a day after he had a brawl with his cousin Shailesh Yadav and another cousin who had sold the plot in Kanko bazar yesterday without settling ownership dispute between the two families, he said.

The said plot was jointly purchased by the deceased's Mundher Yadav and his elder brother Baleshwar Yadav in the latter's name, but Baleshwar's son Shailesh not only refused to part with the former's share, but sold it without settling the dispute, the SHO said.

The murder sparked off a protest by the local people who gheraoed Kanko police station and pelted stones on its premise to protest inaction by the cops, he said.