Meerut: A 26-year-old waiter was shot dead allegedly by a customer following a quarrel with a group of diners who refused to pay for two additional chapatis they had ordered during the meal at a hotel here, police said today.

Ram Ratan Negi, employed with the hotel on Delhi-Meerut road, was shot dead yesterday. The incident took place when half a dozen youth came to have food at the hotel's restaurant, the district police spokesperson said.