Patna: Councillor among 2 shot at in Shahpur

PATNA: Two unidentified bike-borne criminals shot at a ward councillor of Danapur cantonment board and a ward supervisor at Kurha toli under Shahpur police station area in western Patna on Friday.
Police said the injured were identified as Inder Kumar and Pradeep Kumar. Inder is the councillor of ward number 7 of the cantonment board while Pradeep is a ward supervisor.
Shahpur police station SHO Dheeraj Kumar said the incident took place around 12.30pm when the two were sitting together at Kurha Toli. “Two bike-borne criminals reached the spot and fired from a countrymade pistol,” he said.
Kumar said Inder received bullet injury in one of his knees while Pradeep sustained injury in his abdomen. “Both the criminals had kept their faces covered due to which the injured persons could not identify them. The reason behind the incident is yet not clear,” he said.
Kumar said both the injured were undergoing treatment at a hospital and their condition was stable. He said raids were on to nab the suspects involved in the crime.