Dharamshala, Oct. 21 -- A 57-year-old ex-serviceman was allegedly shot in his leg by his friend, who had demanded Rs.1 lakh from him, in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district on Tuesday, police said.

According to police, the accused, identified as Shatrughan Tiwari, a native of Madhya Pradesh, fled towards a forest after the incident on Tuesday morning in the Jaisinghpur area of the district. Police teams launched a search to trace him, but he was yet to be arrested, officials said.

The victim, Mohinder Pal, a retired Assam Rifles havildar, told police that he had befriended the accused while both worked at a company in Baddi, Solan district. Tiwari had earlier borrowed Rs.60,000 from him on two occasions and repaid the amount.

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