Aligarh: Congress leader shot dead by unidentified persons

(UP), May 3: A local

leader was shot dead allegedly by unidentified persons near his house in Vivek Vihar colony of Sasnigate area here, police said today.

35-year-old Ravi Yadav, general secretary of Aligarh's Congress unit was shot last night while he was returning home on his bike, they said.

He was rushed to a hospital in serious condition, where he was declared dead, police said. An FIR has been registered against unidentified persons, police said, adding, a probe into the matter is on.

PTI