A man was shot dead following a heated exchange of words at a wedding ceremony in Antwada village of Muzaffarnagar, following which two people were arrested, police said on Thursday.

Two persons were also injured in the clash which took place after the firing.

Station House Officer of Khatauli police station, Sanjeev Kumar, said that the deceased was identified as 32-year-old Satish Kumar and the body was sent for autopsy.

The police officer said that some relatives of the groom reached the wedding and got into an argument with some people there over dancing to the song being played at the ceremony. When the dispute escalated, bullets were fired there, due to which Santosh died on the spot.

Police said that two people had been arrested in this regard. As a precautionary measure, a police force was deployed in the village.

Meanwhile in Gonda, a youth returning home after listening to the religious discourse at Shatchandi yajna being held in Khamrauni village in Umribegumganj was shot dead on Wednesday night. The attackers fled after killing the youth.

The firing and murder spread panic in the entire area. Police reached the spot on getting information and sent the body for autopsy.

Reports said that Sunil Shukla (23), a resident of Bhoka Patisa village under Paraspur police station had come to his maternal grandfather in Salpur village in Umribegumganj police station area. He went to listen to the religious discourse at Shatchandi mahayajna organised in the adjacent Khamrauni village on Wednesday night. After the discourse, he was returning to his maternal grandfather’s house in Salpur around 10 pm. When Sunil reached Sisai Methia village crossroads, unknown assailants shot him dead and fled. When people reached the spot on hearing the gunshot they saw the blood-soaked body of Sunil. The news of the murder created panic in the area. Station House Officer Kuber Tiwari inspected the spot with a police team.

Surya Kumar Shukla, the father of the deceased, filed a report against the unknown assailants at the Umribegumganj police station.