Tension grips Amethi after Smriti Irani's close aid shot dead

A close aide of Smriti Irani, the newly elected MP from Amethi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, was shot dead by two men, with police not ruling out the possibility of it being a "political murder".
Surendra Singh (50), a former head of Baraulia village, was shot at around 11.30pm Saturday, said Additional Superintendent of Police Daya Ram.
Singh was referred to a Lucknow hospital but he succumbed during treatment, Ram said.