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Three motorcycle-borne assailants fired at him from close range outside his house in Sarai Harha area, said Rajiv Malhotra, Varanasi Superintendent of Police (City) .
Yadav (42) was rushed to the Varanasi District Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
A case has been registered and a manhunt launched to arrest the culprits.
The police suspect a long pending property dispute with relatives behind the murder. People close to Yadav, however, linked the murder to political rivalry with opponents who had failed to become office-bearers of the party’s city unit.
The murder triggered angry protests by his supporters who blocked traffic in different parts of the city.
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