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Lucknow Dhaba Owner Shot After Filming Brawl Dies as Police Arrest Four

The case highlights the risk of violent retaliation over bystanders filming public fights.

Overview

  • Police said Vijay Yadav, 28, died after a gunshot to the forehead outside his small restaurant in Lucknow.
  • Investigators say he filmed a roadside fight near his eatery, and two youths returned on a motorcycle and opened fire.
  • Lucknow police said they arrested four suspects and seized two country-made pistols, cartridges, an empty shell, and two motorcycles linked to the attack.
  • Police identified the four as Nikhil Pandey, Atul Singh, Naveen Pandey and Rishabh Kumar Shukla, and said two work as private guards and one is a student.
  • Officers are reviewing CCTV from nearby shops and a video recorded before the shooting, while relatives and local traders have protested near the dhaba and at the hospital.