India, Oct. 24 -- The main shooter involved in the daylight murder of a 19-year-old youth in Gaya on Diwali was injured in a police encounter on Friday. Three of the four shooters linked to the case have been arrested, officials said.

According to the police, Subhash Kumar of Bairagi Muhalla under Kotwali police station had gone to purchase Diwali items around 8am when four armed youths surrounded him in a lane and opened fire. He sustained multiple bullet injuries and died on the spot, while the assailants fled the scene brandishing weapons.

The victim's father, Upendra Paswan, alleged that Gaya mayor Ganesh Paswan and ward councillor Kundan Kumar, who had political differences with the family after his vote against them, conspired in ...