Meerut, Aug. 9 -- A 30-year-old man was shot dead by his own nephew in Meerut's Lisadi Gate area on Saturday morning, allegedly over an ancestral property dispute.

The victim, Aslam, was returning home after dropping his two young daughters at school when he was attacked just 500 metres from his house in Majeed Nagar. CCTV footage shows him walking down the street while using his mobile phone when a motorcycle-borne assailant approached from behind, pressed a country-made pistol to the back of his head, and fired. Aslam collapsed face-first on the road as the shooter fled.

Local residents rushed Aslam to PL Sharma Hospital, where doctors declared him dead. The incident occurred at 7:41 am.

Six hours later, police arrested the accused, ...