Kathmandu, May 27 :

Two unidentified persons today shot dead a youth near Rajdhani Petrol Pump at Dhumbarahi in Kathmandu, police said.

According to Deepak Ranjit, SP at the Valley Crime Investigation Bran-ch, Hanumandhoka, the deceased, who had Mongolian features, is yet to be identified. The assailants got off a taxi and shot at the youth after overtaking the taxi the deceased had hired. The assailants were following the taxi (Ba 1 Ja 9404) hired by the victim from Halchowk. The police have detained taxi driver Santosh Giri and impounded the taxi the deceased had hired. Search is on to identify the taxi the shooters had hired, Ranjit said.