Youth shot dead for property

Muzaffarnagar, Aug 31 (PTI) A 23-year-old man was found dead with gunshot wounds near Sikheda village in the district.

Waseem’s body was found yesterday, police said.

An FIR was filed by the deceased’s maternal uncle Mohseen against the victim’s family members, including his grandparents and cousin Haroon for allegedly killing Waseem for property, they said.

As per the complaint, the victim’s parents had died earlier and he had inherited vast property, police said.

The body has been sent for postmortem, they said.

The accused are absconding, police said, adding that efforts are on to nail the culprits.