Pratapgarh (UP), Mar 21 (PTI) A 50-year-old local businessman was shot dead by unknown bike-borne assailants in the Patti area here on Thursday, police said.
The victim Mohammad Naeem was going somewhere on his motorcycle when three assailants approached him on a bike and shot at him, said Alok Kumar, Station House Officer of Patti Police Station.
Naeem was taken to a hospital in critical condition where doctors declared him brought dead, Kumar said.
The police have sent the body for postmortem and launched a probe, the SHO said.
The deceased ran a furniture store, the police said citing the locals. PTI COR CDN RPA
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