Patna: Ward councillor shot at in Khagaul

PATNA: Unidentified bike-borne men shot at a ward councillor, Deepak Paswan, in Chanakya Puri locality under the Khagaul police station area in Patna on Wednesday.
“The incident took place at 9am when Deepak, the councillor of ward number 7 in Khagaul, was supervising sanitization work at Chanakya Puri. Four men reached the spot on bikes, of whom two walked up to Deepak and suddenly opened fire. He received a gunshot injury on the left side of his chest,” Khagaul police station SHO Mukesh Kumar Mukesh said, adding that the victim was rushed to a private hospital on Bailey Road where his condition was stated to be stable.
Those involved in sanitization work told police that they realized something had happened only after hearing the gunshots. The locals also claimed that they had heard two gunshots.
“Deepak alleged that he was shot at due to a political rivalry with one Teni Paswan, a resident of Khagaul police station area,” Mukesh said, adding that both Deepak and Teni were accused in few criminal cases.
As of now, police are waiting for a written complaint to register an FIR in connection with the case. “CCTV camera footages of the locality are also being checked to trace the attackers,” the SHO said.
Youth killed: Unidentified criminals killed a youth, Pankaj Kumar Gupta (32), in front of Bazaar Samiti under the Barh police station area in Patna district at 5am on Wednesday.
“Pankaj had gone to buy milk when he was shot in the head at close range. However, no one saw the incident happening and the reason behind the murder is still unknown,” SP (rural) Kantesh Kumar Mishra said, adding that his family members had lodged an FIR against unknown persons.
The slain youth worked with the power grid in Barh.