Ghaziabad July 28 (IANS) 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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