Jammu, Aug. 15 -- One Village Defence Guard (VDG) member was killed and another critically injured after a fellow VDG member allegedly opened fire on them following a scuffle in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur on Friday, officials said.

The accused VDG has been identified as Surjeet Singh, 37, of Sasri Damnot, while the deceased was identified as Baldev Singh, aged around 38 years, and the injured VDG as Romesh Singh, 36. The incident took place in the remote Pancheri area when the VDG members were heading for Damnot police post, the officials said.

Station house officer (SHO) of Pancheri police station, inspector Yogeshwar Manhotra said, "The accused VDG has been arrested and booked under Section 103 of the BNS. The weapon of offence has ...