Lucknow, July 15: Armed miscreants shot dead a local scribe and his brother in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district, a police spokesman here said today. The miscreants opened fire on the duo yesterday while they were on way to their village on a scooter near Jagdishpur in the district, killing them on the spot. One of the miscreants was later killed in an encounter with police, he said. A massive manhunt has been launched to nab other culprits, the spokesman said addiing the motive behind the killings is not yet known.

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