Slain BJP MLA's aide shot dead

Ghazipur, July 24 (UNI) Armed miscreants today shot dead an aide of the slain local BJP MLA, Krishnanand Rai, under Bhanwarkol police station area here.

Police said the criminals barged into the house of Awadh Bihari Rai alias Naga Rai in village Sherpur around 0100 hrs and shot him before fleeing. Naga died on way to hospital.

Old enmity is stated to be reason behind the crime.

Meanwhile, a case had been registered against five people and a manhut was on.

Rai, an MLA from Mohammadabad assembly constituency in Ghazipur, and his seven supporters were shot dead in broad daylight in Ghazipur on November 29, 2005.

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