Firozabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 4 (ANI): Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker Sandeep Sharma was shot dead by two bike-borne miscreants on Tuesday late night.

The body was brought to the district hospital for post-mortem.

While the police have begun investigating the case, no arrests have been made so far.

"We have launched a search operation against the accused. They will be nabbed soon. Further details are being ascertained," Raja Srivastava, Inspector General of Police (IG) Agra Zone, told reporters here.

A resident of Nikau village here, Sandeep was the district environment chief of the RSS.

The motive of the killing is still unclear.

Further details are awaited. (ANI)

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