Property dealer in Patna among 3 killed in 24 hours

PATNA: A 45-year-old property dealer was shot dead by unidentified criminals when he had gone for morning stroll at Fatuha in rural Patna on Monday.
Police said the criminals fired at the property dealer, Shiv Yadav, near the Fatuha high school around 6am. They fled on motorcycles after pumping three bullets into Yadav’s body.
The injured, a resident of Mirzapur Nohta village, was rushed to the Fatuha referral hospital where he was declared brought dead. Fatuha sub-divisional police officer Rajesh Kumar Manjhi and SHO Manoj Kumar rushed to the spot and inquired about the incident.
Agitated over the killing, locals blocked the road near Fatuha roundabout and disrupted vehicular traffic. They demanded immediate arrest of the culprits and compensation to the victim’s family. The traffic was restored after the intervention of senior police officers.
The victim’s relatives told the police that Yadav was engaged in the real estate business for quite some time in the area. “We are investigating the case from all possible angles, including personal enmity,” the SHO told this newspaper.
Meanwhile, an elderly couple identified as Suresh Singh (75) and his wife Jagtarni Devi (70) were found murdered in their house at Rampur under the Suryagarha police station area in Lakhisarai district on Monday. The couple were alone in the house.
SHO of Suryagarha police station Chandan Kumar said the incident came to light when a maid reached the couple’s house early in the morning. She found the couple lying in a pool of blood.
“It seems they were killed late at night. The reason behind the twin murder is yet to be ascertained,” the SHO said, adding a forensic team visited the spot and collected blood samples that will be sent to the forensic laboratory for test.
Locals said Suresh Singh was a retired school teacher and staying with his wife alone.