Baghpat, August 11: A Bharatiya Janata Party functionary was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Baghpat district on Tuesday morning, police said.

Sanjay Khokhar, a former district unit president of the BJP, was out for a morning walk when the incident took place, the police said. Sajad Ahmed Khanday, BJP Sarpanch, Shot Dead by Terrorists in Kashmir's Qazigund.

The body has been sent for post-mortem and a Fist Information Report (FIR) has been registered at the local Chhaprauli police station, according to officials. Further details were awaited, the police said.

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