<p> A senior RSS worker was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district on Saturday.<br /><br />The police said Rajesh Mishra, who was actively associated with the RSS, was sprayed with bullets by three motorbike-borne assailants while he was inside his shop near his village in the district.<br /><br />Mishra, also a journalist who was associated with a leading Hindi daily, died on the spot, while his brother Amitesh suffered serious injuries and is said to be in a critical condition.<br />The murder sparked tension in the area and people came out onto the streets to protest.<br />Security personnel were deployed in strength at the village as a precautionary measure, the police said.<br /><br />District police officials said that two of the assailants have been identified and a massive hunt has been launched to nab them.<br /><br />Mishra, a source said, had exposed the local sand mafia and had also received threats in the past.<br /><br />"We are probing all angles," a senior police officer said.</p>
<p> A senior RSS worker was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Ghazipur district on Saturday.<br /><br />The police said Rajesh Mishra, who was actively associated with the RSS, was sprayed with bullets by three motorbike-borne assailants while he was inside his shop near his village in the district.<br /><br />Mishra, also a journalist who was associated with a leading Hindi daily, died on the spot, while his brother Amitesh suffered serious injuries and is said to be in a critical condition.<br />The murder sparked tension in the area and people came out onto the streets to protest.<br />Security personnel were deployed in strength at the village as a precautionary measure, the police said.<br /><br />District police officials said that two of the assailants have been identified and a massive hunt has been launched to nab them.<br /><br />Mishra, a source said, had exposed the local sand mafia and had also received threats in the past.<br /><br />"We are probing all angles," a senior police officer said.</p>
