India, April 11 -- A 50-year-old advocate was shot dead by two bike-borne assailants in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district on Saturday morning while on his way home after a morning walk, police said.

A police officer said that the deceased was identified as advocate Rajiv Singh, a former village head, a native of Devari village. He was residing for several years in the Sadbhavna Nagar colony, located in Katwaru Ka Pura, added the police officer.

According to police, family members informed that Singh went out for a morning walk according to his routine. He was returning home from his morning walk when two assailants on a motorcycle approached him near the Sadbhavna Nagar intersection. One of the assailants then shot him in the chest usin...