Bank manager shot dead in fit of rage by security manager upset by salary, denied leave
Lucknow (PTI): A security guard of a Ghaziabad bank upset over leave and salary related issues walked into the manager's cabin and shot him dead, police said on Tuesday.
The 34-year-old manager of the Loni branch of the Punjab and Sind Bank was rushed to a hospital on Monday where he was declared dead, they said.
The security guard, Ravindra Hooda (50) and his accomplice, Shishupal (57), have been arrested, police said.
"The security guard along with his accomplice entered the cabin of the bank manager and fired at him. The injured bank manager was taken to GTB Hospital in Delhi for treatment, where doctors declared him as dead," police said in a statement.
SHO Loni Border Manish Bist on Tuesday said the bank manager, Abhishek Kumar, was from Patna. He has been posted in Ghaziabad since August 2025, and was living in a rented house with his wife.
Police said that during interrogation, Hooda said he had been working in the branch for the past two and a half months.
"He said his salary was reduced, and when he would ask for leave, it was refused. Following this, there was an argument with him (Abhishek Kumar)," the police statement said.
He said he fired at the bank manager in anger and that Shishupal was present with him during the incident, it added. Hooda and Shishupal were from the same village in Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh.
Police said a case under section 103 (1) (punishment for murder) of the BNS has been registered against him. Police have recovered a double-barrel gun and ammunition and the Arms Act has also been slapped on the accused, the statement said.
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Guests attack bride, groom after not being served liquor at wedding in MP village
Gwalior (PTI): Upset at not being served liquor, a group of guests at a wedding in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district allegedly assaulted the bride, groom and their family members, police said.
Some members of the groom's family suffered injuries in the incident that occurred on Tuesday night in Patai village under the Aron police station area. The accused also allegedly stole household items and money during the assault, a police official said on Wednesday.
Local resident Mahesh Jatav was getting married when his neighbours demanded that they be served liquor during the celebration, which led to a dispute, City Superintendent of Police Manish Yadav told reporters.
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The groom’s refusal to provide or fund liquor at the wedding sparked a dispute that soon turned into a physical altercation between the two sides.
Ther groom's mother, Sheela, told reporters that after the bride arrived at their home, some rituals were underway when a few neighbours arrived there and began demanding money from her son for liquor.
When they were denied money to buy liquor, the neighbours beat up her family members, including the groom, she alleged.
As she tried to intervene, the neighbours also assaulted her, her husband, and the bride, Jatav's mother charged.
A probe was underway into the incident, the police said.
