VAISHALI/BETTIAH, July 12 -- A 35-year-old Army jawan and his 60-year-old father were shot dead by a relative following a dispute over a land strip used as a common approach road to their houses at Rajason village under Bidupur police station area in Bihar's Vaishali district on Sunday morning, police said.

Vaishali SP Subhank Mishra said, "Army jawan Jitendra Kumar's cousin, Jagdish Rai, fired the shots at him and his father Munarik Rai, barely 300 metres away from their house. Raids are underway to arrest the accused. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem examination and further investigation is underway."

Hajipur SDPO Subodh Kumar said, "We are trying to ascertain as to how and under what circumstances the victims reached the sce...