Days after politician shot dead, another killed in north India

11 Jun, 2014

Two men on a motorcycle shot dead on Monday a politician from the ruling party of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Uttar Pradesh, the second such killing in a week, prompting concern about lawlessness in the northern state. Omveer Singh, a local politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was riding a motorcycle to his hometown around 7 am when two unidentified men pulled up and "shot him till he died", said Kamal Singh, a local police official.

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