Man dies in Meerut after two groups clash over disposal of garbage

TNN | May 2, 2020, 08:11 IST

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MEERUT: A man, who had sustained bullet injury during a brawl, succumbed to it after two rival groups in a village in Meerut's Hastinapur area clashed over a ongoing dispute over disposal of garbage.
The incident happened late on Thursday night after the two groups had heated argument over disposal of garbage. The dispute later escalated and one side opened fire at the other in which a man named Vinod Saini (40) sustained injury. Saini was rushed to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Later an FIR was registered against named accused based on the complaint of the deceased's family. There was dispute between two families over disposal of garbage. Five people have been arrested and sent to jail," Avinash Pandey, SP (Rural areas) Meerut said.