Gwalior, July 25 -- A murder accused was arrested following an encounter in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district on Friday early morning, a police officer said.

The accused, identified as Gaurav Tomar, had a property related dispute with a man, Ram Swaroop Tomar, a resident of Lakshmipuram locality under Bahodapur police station on Thursday late at night around 10:45 pm and opened fire at his residence in which Tomar died, the police added.

Since then the accused was abscoding and trying to escape from the city. In the meantime, the police received information and caught him following an encounter near Motijheel Stadium in the city between 5 am and 6 am on Friday.

City Superintendent of Police (CSP) Krishna Pal Singh told ANI, "Last night...