Muzaffarnagar: A 22-year-old man was shot dead by two unidentified miscreants who also looted ₹60,000 from him here in Shamli district of Uttar Pradesh, police said on Tuesday.
The incident took place on Monday when Deepak (22), along with his father Ram Kumar, was returning home after withdrawing money from a bank, they added.
The armed miscreants, who came on a motorcycle, intercepted the victim and his father near Inderghar village of Bhawan police station area, Station House Officer (SHO) Sandeep Baltan said, adding that they looted ₹60,000 from the father-son duo and when Deepak attempted to resist their move, they shot him dead.
A case had been registered against them, the SHO said, adding that efforts were on to identify the culprits on the basis of the CCTV footage collected from the area.
