Rohtak, June 1 -- A 65-year-old murder case witness was shot dead in Dujana village in Jhajjar district, police said on Sunday.

The victim, Vijay Saini, was a resident of the same village and the incident was allegedly linked to an old enmity over a land dispute, they said. The police said the victim was reportedly a witness in the murder case of his son, who was shot dead in 2021.

The victim's family told the police that Vijay along with his son Sunil had gone to the fields, when four unidentified assailants arrived on two motorcycles and opened fire. They fired multiple rounds and Vijay sustained a bullet injury in the chest. He was rushed to PGIMS Rohtak, where doctors declared him brought dead.

According to the police, the family m...