Aligarh: A local Congress leader was shot dead allegedly by unidentified persons near his house in Vivek Vihar colony of Sasnigate area here, police said on Saturday.
35-year-old Ravi Yadav, the 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.