Varanasi, Aug. 21 -- A coloniser was today shot dead by motorcycle-borne miscreants at Arihant Nagar Colony under the Sarnath police station area of Varanasi district in Uttar Pradesh, police said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Varuna Zone Pramod Kumar confirmed the death of coloniser Mahendra Gautam. Sarnath Police, DCP Varuna Zone Pramod Kumar and the Crime Branch team reached the spot for investigation.
After being shot, Mahendra Gautam was admitted to Singh Medical, where doctors declared him dead.
Police sources said that Mahendra Gautam was going to the site from his house in Buddha City when the miscreants shot at him. After shooting, the miscreants fled towards Ring Road.
Police are investigating the CCTV footage of the a...