Village head shot dead in Ghaziabad, two held

A 55-year-old village head was shot dead allegedly by three bike-borne miscreants on Badarpur river embankment in Loni town this morning, police said.
Two of the three accused has been arrested while third one is absconding, Superintendent of Police (rural) Rakesh Pandey said.
Rahisuddin, a resident of Badarpur village, had gone to his fields in the morning. While returning back he was waylaid by the assailants who fired indiscriminately killing him on the spot, he said.
Upon receiving information, police rushed to the spot and sent his body for postmortem.
Initial investigations revealed that Rahisuddin has been killed by land mafia, the SP said.

An FIR has been registered at Tronica city police station against three accused.
The arrested persons have been identified as Afsar Ali and Aslam while third assailant Shyoraj is still at large, police said, adding, raids were being conducted to nab him.
Police force has been deployed in the village to prevent any untoward incident.