Bihar: Two killed, one shot at in 24 hours

PATNA: Two persons, including a vegetable seller, were killed and a restaurant owner was shot at and seriously injured in separate incidents in the state in the past 24 hours on Monday.
Reports reaching the police headquarters said a 45-year-old vegetable seller identified as Wakil Mandal was shot dead by his relative Rakesh Kumar at Haat Bazar under Parbatta police station in Khagaria district on Monday evening.He was a resident of Lenin Nagar Chamtha village in the district.
The incident took place around 4.30 pm following a dispute over setting up a makeshift shop to sell vegetables in the local market. Infuriated Rakesh whipped out a pistol and fired at Mandal, leading to his instant death. Later the assailant Rakesh was arrested and the illegal weapon used in the crime was seized.
The SHO of Parbatta police station Priyaranjan said an empty cartridge was recovered from the spot. A dispute over setting up a temporary shop to deal in vegetables is stated to be the reason behind the incident. “The seized weapon will be sent to the state FSL for ballistic examination,” he added.
In another incident, a 60-year-old man identified as Baidyanath Choudhary was killed allegedly by his neighbour Shiv Kumar Choudhary and his associates at Khwajpur village under Jadopur police station area in Gopalganj district on Sunday night.
The SHO of Jadopur police station Mithilesh Kumar Singh said illicit relationship with his neighbour’s second wife is stated to be the reason behind the murder. Five people-Shiv Kumar Choudhary, his two wives—Kiran Devi and Phulmati Devi, Bhuwaneshar Yadav and Hansdev Yadav—have been named as accused in the FIR.
The FIR was lodged on the statement of the deceased’s wife Shanti Devi, who alleged that her husband was killed due to land dispute by the accused. Gopalganj Sadar DSP Naresh Paswan said that three persons, Shiv Kumar Choudhary and his two wives have been arrested in connection with the incident.
A report from Samastipur said a restaurant owner identified as Kaushik Kamal was shot at and critically injured by unidentified armed assailants near Nawada Ghat under Dalsinghsarai police station in Samastipur district on Sunday evening.
The victim was rushed to a local hospital from where he was later referred to the sadar hospital at Samastipur for treatment. Police said the incident took place when he was returning home from his restaurant on his motorbike. The reason behind the incident is yet to be ascertained. Meanwhile, leader of opposition in the state assembly Tejashwi Prasad Yadav slammed the state government for its failure to check crime in the state. He turned to his Twitter handler to expose the deteriorating law and order situation in the state.