Two killed in separate incidents

patna: two persons identified as jai prakash singh and mahanand singh were killed in separate incidents on monday. two group of criminals were engaged in a clash near the divisional railway manager (drm) office under the khagaul police station following a dispute over a tender floated by the railways. eye witnesses said that bombs were hurled and shots were fired by the two warring groups.jai prakash singh, who is son of a railway protection force (rpf) personnel, was passing by the area when shootout was taking place. a stray bullet hit him in the chest and he died on the spot. he was rushed to a local hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. the other shooting took place near the sanjay gandhi biological park. one mahanand singh was going to the district court to appear as a witness in a civil suit when criminals, allegedly hired by his relatives, fired six shots from a 9 mm pistol a little past noon on monday. mahanand died on way to the hospital.