Guwahati, March 9 -- A local journalist and RTI activist, Raghavendra Bajpai, was shot dead on Saturday along the Lucknow-Delhi National Highway in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh.

Bajpai, a scribe associated with the popular Hindi daily Dainik Jagaran, was reportedly attacked when assailants rammed his bike and then shot him three times.

Initially, the incident was considered an accident, but doctors at a district hospital later confirmed the cause of death was gunshot wounds, turning the case into a murder investigation.

Bajpai, 35, had left his home on Saturday afternoon after receiving a phone call. He was killed shortly after, around 3:15 pm, on the highway.

Police have yet to determine the motive for the murder, and no FIR has been filed...