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BHOPAL: A Congress leader was shot dead at Bichua village of Narsinghpur district over a work dispute on Thursday evening - the third politician to be killed in the state in a month.The victim, Surendra Rai worked as a contractor, said ASP Rajesh Tiwari. He was declared dead on arrival at Jabalpur.Police registered a case of murder and attempted murder and arrested Ajay. He was building a culvert in Bichua village and went to visit the site with a friend, Kamlesh Pathak, around 6pm on Thursday. Surendra was shot in the chest while Kamlesh was injured in the right hand. Villagers took them to a hospital at Gotegaon from where Surendra was referred to Jabalpur in a critical condition..