Patiala, January 30 - An employee of a private finance company was shot dead by motorcyclists in an incident of robbery in Devigarh area of Patiala district this evening. And ran away with his cash bag, which contained one and a half lakh rupees. DSP (Rural) Gurpratap Singh said that this employee named Abhishek was returning after collection. When he reached Doodhan Sadhan-Mihon, the assailants fired at him.