Elderly woman shot at in Varanasi

A 70-year-old woman was shot at by two motorcycle-borne assailants in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi district on Sunday, police said.

Narangi Devi was sitting her shop at Khajuhi village of Sarnath area when the incident occurred around 6 am, the police said.

Devi suffered three bullet injuries and she was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she is undergoing treatment, they said.

A manhunt has been launched to nab the attackers and an investigation is on, police said.