India, Oct. 13 -- A dispute over accounts of a previous Ramleela fair turned violent in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district on Monday night, leaving three people dead and one injured after a group allegedly assaulted them with sticks and opened fire.

The incident took place around 9.30 pm in Amaria police station limits, around 20 km from the district headquarters, when the dispute broke out between the two groups linked to the local Ramleela committee. Police have arrested the main accused, Kaushal Gupta, and two others, and also recovered firearms and sticks from them, officials said.

The deceased were identified as trader brothers Ankit Gupta, 30, and Mohit Gupta, 38, and Kunal Srivastava, 18. The injured person was identified as Rose ...