PATNA: A 42-year-old JD(U) functionary and former panchayat member was gunned down by criminals in Khagaria district of Bihar on Sunday, barely 11 days after the killing of the husband of a mukhiya in the same district, reports Ramashankar.
The crime was committed around 7am when Naresh Ram had gone for a morning walk on the outskirts of his village Beldaur under the same police station along with others. Two assailants accosted Ram on the Beldaur-Pansalwa Road and pumped three bullets into his body, killing him on the spot. Sikandar Kumar, an eyewitness and teacher rushed to the spot after hearing the sound of firing only to find the block vice-president of JD(U) lying in a pool of blood. He later reported the crime to the Beldaur police, who sent the body for autopsy. Khagaria SP Amitesh Kumar said the reason behind the murder was yet to be ascertained.
Khagaria district president of JD(U) Sonelal Mehta expressed his deep anguish over Ram’s murder and demanded immediate arrest of the criminals.