© financialexpress.comBJP leader shot dead in Azamgarh
VARANASI: A Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Kshetra Panchayat member Arjun Yadav (40) was shot dead by some unknown miscreants in Pawai police station area of Azamgarh district on Thursday night. The police have launched a manhunt to identify and nab the killers.
According to reports, Yadav, a resident of Jaldipur village, owned a store of ayurvedic medicines near Pawai crossing. At around 9pm on Thursday night, he was returning after closing his shop when some unidentified motorcycle-borne miscreants opened fire on him and fled the scene.
Yadav sustained bullet injuries on his chest and fell on the ground. The news spread like a wildfire in the locality and people started gathering at the spot. Azamgarh SP (rural) Siddharth Kumar and Phoolpur CO Rajesh Kumar along with the police force reached the incident site after getting information.