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A 39 year old Indian man, Sanjay Patel, was shot dead at his working place as two masked men fatally fired him on his chest and hand. The incident took place around 7:30 pm (local time) on Tuesday in the US state of Connecticut.

Raj Ali, the owner of the Gas-station (where Patel works as a clerk) told the NBC that the robbers took Patel's life just for couple of hundred dollars. And the NBC reported that the wounded man was taken to the Yale-New Haven Hospital where he died an hour later.

According to the media reports the slain man’s wife was pregnant with their first child. Gas-station owner had said that Patel was a nice person and was friendly with everyone.

It's not worth it. It's bad." Witnesses said they saw two masked men running from the scene after the incident. "We are looking for two people that may be involved," said New Haven police spokesman Officer David Hartman.

Police said they were searching for the two men as the investigation continued.

-Kannamsai