A 78-year-old petrol pump owner, Shaligram Mandal, was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Jharkhand’s Sahebganj district on Monday. The attackers looted around Rs 12 lakh he was carrying to deposit in a bank. The incident occurred when Mandal was on his motorcycle near Lalwan. He was rushed to the hospital, but doctors declared him dead. Police have launched a search operation.