New Delhi, July 15 -- A 29-year-old Congress leader was shot dead by a gang of unidentified people in Medak district of Telangana, police said on Tuesday, July 15. The killing of the Congress leader has come a day after a Telangana CPI leader was shot dead after unidentified assailants opened fire on him in Malakpet.

The Medak shootout incident occurred on Monday night in Kulcharam mandal when M Anil, Medak District Congress SC Cell Secretary, was travelling in a car.

The assailants were trailing Anil in two cars and one of the vehicles overtook and blocked his path. A man stepped down and opened fire at him, a police official said.

The accused fired four bullets on Anil resulting in his death on the spot.

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