Meerut, April 8 -- A 32-year-old finance company employee, Ashish Tyagi, was allegedly shot dead by four masked robbers in the Sarsawa town area of Saharanpur district late on Monday night, police said.

The accused, riding two motorcycles, attacked Ashish and his brother Abhishek Tyagi at Chilkana trisection around midnight and robbed them of nearly Rs.6 lakh in cash before speeding off the scene, police said, adding they are analysing CCTV footage to track down the perpetrators.

Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Rohit Singh Sajwan, along with superintendent of police (rural) Sagar Jain and other police personnel, visited the crime scene and the medical college, where Abhishek was admitted.

A forensic team was deployed to collect e...