Village head shot dead in UP's Gonda: Police

Gonda (UP): A village head was shot dead in this Uttar Pradesh district on Thursday, police said.

Personnel from nearby police stations have been deployed in the area to maintain peace, they added.

According to Additional Superintendent of Police Shivraj, Bhupmani Shukla (40), the head of Pariyava village located within the Tarabganj police station limits, was shot at by an unidentified assailant in the afternoon.

Shukla was rushed to the district hospital where the doctors declared him "brought dead".

The officer said the body has been sent for post-mortem and an FIR has been lodged.