Police have arrested eight people for allegedly killing a cigarette shop owner and injuring two of his relatives after a dispute in Maharashtra’s Palghar district, a police officer said on Monday.

The accused people went to the shop of Vinodkumar Singh, 51, in Boisar area at around 11.30 pm on Sunday and asked for cigarettes. But, Singh and his other relatives at the shop refused to serve them as they had retired for the day.