Uttar Pradesh | RSS worker Rajesh Mishra shot dead in Ghazipur

Lucknow: In a sensational incident, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker, Rajesh Mishra, was shot dead by unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants on Saturday in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district, police said.

The incident occurred when the 35-year-old, Rajesh Mishra, also a journalist working with the Dainik Jagran Hindi daily, was sitting at his brother Amitesh's shop in the Kuranda area.

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Amitesh also sustained severe injuries.

Locals and passers-by rushed the two to a nearby hospital where Rajesh was pronounced brought dead.

Amitesh, 30, is said to be in critical condition.

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A senior police official said Rajesh was an active RSS member and was also working as a contractor.

So far, no details have emerged in the initial probe but added that they were talking to the family of the deceased.