Bharat Kisan Union leader shot in Amethi

LUCKNOW: A 45-year-old district president of Bharat Kisan Union (BKU) was shot dead by unidentified miscreants barely two-km from his residence in Kotwali police station area of Amethi district in the wee hours of Sunday.
The police have lodged an FIR against unidentified persons and started the probe. The kin have expressed shock and awe at his murder.
Pramod Kumar Mishra was a resident of Shrirampoor Danapatti under Amethi police station.He along with his father Hanuman also owned a shop of electronic goods, said the police. Police circle officer, Amethi, Piyush Kant Rai said that Mishra was returning home on a bike when he reached Loniyapur village barely two-km from his house. Two unidentified miscreants shot him in the back and fled. Some passers-by saw Mishra lying in a pool of blood and informed the police.
“Mishra was rushed to a local community health centre from where doctors referred him to Sultanpur district hospital. However, he was declared brought dead by the doctors,” said Rai.
Sources in the police said that a white colour bike was seen in a CCTV installed near one of the houses where the murder took place.