Man shot dead in Ghaziabad

Bike-borne criminals shot dead a wood trader here on Friday -- opposite a police station.

The incident occurred in Pasaunda locality when two criminals armed with pistols on a motorcycle reached Muhabbat Umar's shop and opened indiscriminate fire.

The badly wounded trader was rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead.

Later, the younger brother of the dead man filed a complaint with the police that four persons were involved in the killing. He identified three of them as Naseem, Tahir and Hasim, police officer Jitendra Kumar Singh said.

--IANS

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