Ghaziabad, June 3 -- About 200-250 residents of Ganauli village in Loni blocked the Banthla-Chirodi Road on Tuesday afternoon, protesting the police's alleged failure to rescue a 42-year-old man who was allegedly shot multiple times and abducted by rivals in the village four days ago.

Police said Omkar Singh, who runs a milk business and lives in Ganauli, was headed to a market around 7am on Saturday when five named suspects and several unidentified accomplices, all residents of the same village, allegedly intercepted him. The suspects allegedly shot Singh multiple times before forcing him into a Swift car and fleeing.

According to police, the two groups have a history of rivalry that escalated during a village panchayat meeting last we...