Ballia (UP), Oct 26 (PTI) A 25-year-old man was shot dead over a land dispute in a village here, police said on Thursday.

Yatharth Vikram Singh was shot at on Wednesday night in Shivpur Diyar Vyasi Nai Basti village, Superintendent of Police S Anand said, adding that he succumbed to injuries on way to a Varanasi hospital.

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A case against seven people has been registered on the complaint of Yatharth's mother Rinki Singh and three have been taken into custody.

The deceased was a history sheeter of Dubhar police station are and was involved in a land dispute with some people.

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The body has been sent for postmortem.

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