A 40-year-old businessman was today shot dead by unidentified persons who fled with his bag containing lakhs of rupees in Patti area of Pratapgarh district, police said here.
Om Prakash Mishra was shot dead by three motorcycle-borne persons in Upadhyayapur village this afternoon, a police spokesman said.
He said the killers fled with Mishra's bag containing Rs 8 lakh.
