Azamgarh:A person was shot dead in Pawai police station area of Azamgarh district, Ajay Kumar Singh (51) son of late Kashi Prasad, a resident of Salarpur village of Pawai police station area, was shot dead by miscreants at around 9.30 pm. Ajay had gone to the temple in the garden 500 meters away from the village for some work. According to the information, unknown miscreants shot him dead. The pistol used in the murder was also found near the body, people gathered around after hearing the sound of the bullet and investigated and also informed the police, as soon as the information of shooting of the middle-aged man was received, the police of Pawai police station also reached the spot. After questioning the people around, the body was sent for post-mortem. The deceased has a son and a daughter, the deceased’s wife Sunita is in a bad condition due to crying.