Man found killed in temple courtyard in Patna

PATNA: A 48-year-old man was found murdered in the courtyard of a temple near Sita Ghat in the city on Thursday morning.
The deceased, Ram Babu Choudhary, was found with gunshot wound on his body and blunt injuries on his head which suggests he was attacked in his asleep, police said.
The Khajekalan SHO, Anwar Khan, said, “Injuries on the deceased’s head were found during police inquest and bullet injuries were also spotted on the body, which suggested that he was shot after being hit with a blunt object on the head.”
Police are trying to retrieve CCTV footage from nearby shops to ascertain the identity of the suspects involved in the crime.“Locals said Choudhary had been sleeping on the temple premises for the last two months,” the SHO said.
In another incident, a 25-year-old newly-married woman died under mysterious circumstances at the Patna Medical College and Hospital on Thursday. She was admitted on Wednesday evening after she complained of vomiting and stomach pain.
The victim, Snehlata, got married to Veeru Mahto, a resident of Pirbahore police station area in the state capital, about a fortnight ago. She was sent to her in-laws’ house after marriage but soon returned to Patna after being harassed for dowry, the victim’s father, Dilip Prasad Gupta, told the police.
Gupta lodged a case of dowry death at the Kadamkuan police station against Snehlata’s husband on Thursday. The deceased woman, a resident of Saidpur Road number 2, had fallen in love with Veeru earlier and they got married barely 15 days ago.
The Kadamkuan police station SHO said the post-mortem report is awaited. “Action will be initiated against the accused on the basis of the autopsy report,” he added.