lawyer arrested for gunning down corporator's husband

A lawyer has been arrested for allegedly killing the husband of a local corporator in Shahabad area here, police said today.

Ramaknt Tripathi was arrested after he shot dead his neighbour Ram Sewak Rathore at Barua Bazar in Shahabad area last evening, they said.

Rathore is the husband of a local contractor, they said.

The matter is being investigated, police added.