BJP worker Raja Balmiki shot dead in UP

A BJP leader was shot dead by three persons in Khatoli town of the Muzaffarnagar district.

Lucknow: A leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party Raja Balmiki was shot dead by three bike-borne assailants in Muzaffarnagar's Khatauli area on Wednesday morning.

It is learnt that Raja Balmiki, former Khatoli city BJP general secretary, was shot dead in his shop when three men on a bike came near him and fired three shots at him though he tried to evade the bullets. They later fled from the scene.

Eyewitnesses said there were three men who executed the killing. One bullet hit him on the head and he died instantaneously, the police said.

The police team had rushed to the spot. The assailants are yet to be apprehended. The body has been sent for post-mortem and the area has been cordoned off, the police added.

Meanwhile, protesting against the murder, irate people blocked the Delhi-Dehradun national highway at Khatoli. The security has been tightened in the area, the SHO K P Singh said.

OneIndia News (with inputs)