Senior Samajwadi Party leader, his home guard shot dead
Senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Parvat Singh Yadav and a home guard accompanying him were shot dead on Tuesday by unidentified assailants in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh. Reports said the assailants stopped Yadav's car, shot his guard, abducted Yadav, and killed him in a nearby forest. The police deployed forces in the area after being alerted but the accused escaped.