Cloth trader shot dead by bike-borne assailants

A cloth trader was shot dead by two motorbike-borne assailants on Khatwa road in Dausa district, police said today.

Amit Jain, 28, was returning home from market when the assailants attacked him in Lalsot town last night and fled, Lalsot Thana head constable told PTI over telephone.

Old enmity is being suspected behind the incident.

The body was handed over to the victim's family members after postmortem, he said.

An investigation was on.