Zaheer Abbas alias Shawez, resident of Chote Miyan Hata, Colonelganj, died on the spot.
Eyewitnesses claimed to have seen two armed men fleeing from the scene after a couple of gunshots, police said.
Senior Superintendent of Police, Akhilesh Kumar Meena, said that Abbas hailed from Azamgarh had just left his aunt's house around midnight for Bansamandi to attend a wedding ceremony when the incident took place.
He was discovered lying in pool of blood near a drain before a mosque in Kagzi-Mohal by the locals who informed police, SSP said.
The sixth killing in three days, Abbas's killing triggered panic among the locals.
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