Laxminarayan Sondhia (45) died on the spot after he was shot by unidentified people from behind last evening when he was on his way back to the village, police said.
A case has been registered and his body has been sent to Bhopal for autopsy, the police said.
The incident occurred nearly 20 days after he lodged a police complaint, that an attempt was made to kill him by an unidentified person.