A clash over a petty dispute left two persons dead and half-a-dozen others injured in Bijnor.
Senior police officers who rushed to the spot along with heavy police force to control the situation are camping there to avert further clash.
Reports said that two groups, of Nomi locality of Badhapur in Bijnor district, had a heated argument over some dispute on Thursday afternoon. The situation took an ugly turn when both the sides attacked each other with sticks and rods and also opened fire with country-made firearms.
The local police rushed to the spot on getting information about the clash and shifted eight persons to hospital where two with bullet injuries were pronounced dead.