Sullia : Unidentified assailants who came by a car shot dead a person from Shantinagara who came out in a bail here during the early hours in front of his house on October 8, Thursday.

The deceased person is Sampath Kumar (35).

The victim Sampath was an accused in the BJP leader Kalagi Balachandra murder case reported a year ago.

It is said the assailants shot at Sampath and escaped from the spot. A profusely bleeding Sampath was immediately rushed to the local Government Hospital where he succumbed.