LUCKNOW, March 6 -- A 26-year-old man was allegedly shot dead, while his father, a home guard, and elder brother were injured after a dispute between two families escalated into firing in Sultanpur's Janaupur village on Thursday evening, police said.

The incident took place under the Kotwali Dehat police station limits, where about five rounds were fired during the clash.

Sultanpur additional superintendent of police Akhand Pratap Singh said the deceased, Mohit Sonkar (26), son of home guard Virendra Pratap Sonkar, suffered two bullet injuries to the chest. He was taken to the district hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

His elder brother Mangal (30) also sustained a gunshot wound and was referred to a hospital in Lucknow for ad...