India, March 17 -- A 36-year-old manager of Punjab & Sind Bank (PSB) was allegedly shot dead by a security guard, an ex-serviceman, following a verbal altercation inside the bank's Balram Nagar branch at Loni Border on Monday afternoon, said Ghaziabad police officials, adding that both the prime suspect and his accomplice were arrested by late evening.

Senior officials said the guard was miffed over the issue of leaves and salary.

Police identified the deceased as Abhishek Kumar, originally from Patna, Bihar, who resided at a high-rise at Bhopra near Sahibabad.

The suspect guard was identified as Ravinder Hooda, a resident of Mansoorpur in the nearby Baghpat district, said police, adding that the guard and his accomplice fled soon afte...