A local BJP leader and his driver were shot dead yesterday by unidentified assailants in the Bisrakh area here, the police said. The incident took place near Tigri village when former village pradhan Shiv Kumar, his driver and security guard were going towards Ghaziabad in a car, Bisrakh SHO Ajay Kumar Sharma Kumar, a local BJP leader, and the driver died on the spot. The security guard has been admitted to a Delhi hospital, he said.

Shiv Kumar's vehicle after the incident