Meerut (UP), Aug 28 (PTI) An AIMIM councillor was shot dead in broad daylight by unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants here on Saturday, police said.

Zubair (40), a resident of Dhabai Nagar of Nauchandi Police Station area, was sitting in a car outside his house in the morning when the incident took place, Superintendent of Police (city) Vineet Bhatnagar said.

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The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) councillor from ward 80 was taken to a nearby hospital but the doctors declared him brought dead, he added.

Meanwhile, the assailants managed to flee from the spot.

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The police are suspecting property dispute as the reason behind the murder.

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