Journalist, brother shot dead in UP

Lucknow: A journalist and his brother were shot dead during a fight between two families in Madhonagar area in Saharanpur on Sunday, police said.

The deceased have been identified as Ashish, who worked for a Hindi daily, and his brother Ashutosh.

Superintendent of Police (City) Vineet Bhatnagar said, "As per the information we have, two families living opposite each other got involved in a quarrel regarding throwing of cow dung.

"After a while, they started fighting with sticks. Some person believed to be from the other family shot Ashish and his brother."