Marking the second such incident in a week, a local Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was shot dead in Deoband area of Saharanpur on Saturday morning.
As the family did not make it to the Durga puja pandal on Vijayadashami, the neighbours visited the Bandhu Pal's residence and later alerted the police.
Local Shivsena leader Shama Pehelwan Nandvanshi was murdered yesterday. Violent clashes in Paratwada and Achalpur have claimed two more lives and injured several others.