KHAGARIA: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a village head's husband and injured another person in
Bihar's
Khagaria
district on Saturday, police said.
The incident happened at
Phango village
under the jurisdiction of
Mansi police station
when some unidentified gunmen shot at the man who was campaigning for Abdul Kalam, a candidate for Sarsawa Panchayat's Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS) election, the police said.
The deceased has been identified as
Foto Yadav
(30), husband of the village head (mukhiya) of Sarsawa panchayat, Nutan Devi, the Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) of the district,
Raj Kumar Raj
, said.
While Yadav died on the spot, Kalam was admitted to Khagaria Sadar Hospital with a bullet injury, the police officer said.
An investigation has been initiated, he added.