A 50-year-old man was shot dead and three others got injured in a violent clash between two groups over a dispute regarding a village pathway here on Wednesday morning, police said.

Additional Superintendent of Police (North) Shreeshchandra said that the confrontation erupted in Bhikanpur, Uttar Pradesh, under the Kud Fatehgarh police station area between Subhash Yadav and Sahab Singh Yadav (50) over the "chakroad" (village access path).