Samajwadi Party leader shot dead in Uttar Pradesh

A local Samajwadi Party leader was shot dead allegedly over an poll-related dispute by two persons in Mirzapur district, police said today.

Shrikant Yadav (40), who was secretary of SP and a member of Chettra Panchayat, was shot at by Manish Pandey and Deepak Pandey over poll-related rivalry in Jigna area of Mirzapur district last night, they said.
   
Yadav was rushed to a government hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, police said, adding an FIR was lodged against the duo.