Police said that in the first incident a contractor and brick chimney owner Vinesh Sahni (42) was shot dead by armed miscreants at Dabhaich village under Tisiauta police station in the district.
The criminals had called him on his cell phone and then fired at him. The agitated locals of the area created a ruckus after the murder and blocked the road. They were pacified by the police and the body was sent for postmortem.
In the second incident, a labourer identified as Shatrughan Kumar (30) of Parsaunia village under Mahua police station was killed in a dispute. The SHO of the concerned police station, Ajay Kumar said his throat was slit by the killers.