India, May 6 -- Two 20-year-old residents of Kasan village near IMT Manesar were arrested Monday by a crime branch team for allegedly shooting dead a 55-year-old man in an act of revenge stemming from a 2018 killing, police said on Tuesday.

The victim, out on parole from a life sentence in a murder case, had returned to Kasan village in March for a family function, police said. On the morning of April 30, while sitting with villagers at a local platform, two armed men entered the lane, climbed onto the platform, and opened fire at close range. When bystanders tried to intervene, the assailants threatened them at gunpoint before fleeing, leaving behind two country-made pistols, officers added.

The victim was taken to hospital, where he w...