MEERUT, May 6 -- A 34-year-old property dealer was allegedly shot and attacked with an axe after being chased into a villager's house in Bilari in Moradabad district on Monday night, police said.

According to police and eyewitnesses, the victim, Ranjeet Chauhan, a resident of Kamalpur Chandaura village, had stepped out for an evening walk around 8:30 pm and reached near a government school when he was suddenly surrounded by four to five armed assailants.

In an attempt to save his life, Chauhan ran nearly 200 metres before entering the house of a local resident, Mukesh Pal. However, he was followed by the attackers, who shot him inside the house. At the time of the incident, Mukesh Pal's wife Sunita, daughter-in-law Neelu, and young gran...