MEERUT, May 16 -- A village head was shot dead and another person injured when two motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire on them in Sirsali village in Baraut, Baghpat on Wednesday, police said on Thursday. Village head Dharmendra Tomar was allegedly shot dead in an attack linked to the upcoming village elections. While, Vineet Singh, son of a retired sub-inspector, was injured while attempting to stop the attackers. SP Suraj Kumar Rai stated that two assailants, identified as history-sheeter Ayush and an accomplice, came to Sirsali village on a motorcycle and opened indiscriminate fire on village head Dharmendra Tomar, who was playing cards at a person's house in the village. On receiving the information, additional SP Narendra Pratap Singh and other top police officers reached the spot in the village and inquired about the matter. Dharmendra's postmortem is scheduled for Thursday at Meerut Medical College. htc/agency...