ARA: Five persons of a family, all belonging to Mahadalit community, from S
ara village under the Tarari police station area in Bhojpur district, were shot at by some influential persons of the same village on Sunday night.
The incident happened when the miscreants allegedly barged into a house to steal chickens, which was opposed by the women members of the family.
In retaliation, the miscreants allegedly opened fire at the male members injuring five of them. They also misbehaved with the women.
Tarari police station SHO Arvind Kumar said, “Four persons—Ramnath, Krishna , Ajay and Bhikhan—who were injured in the firing, have been sent to Ara sadar hospital, while another person, who has minor injuries, has been sent to Tarari PHC. An FIR against four named and two unknown has been lodged. In the FIR, it has been alleged that the accused were trying to steal chicken and have misbehaved with the women when they tried to stop them,” the SHO said.
Meanwhile, Bhojpur SP Sushil Kumar said police are conducting raids to nab the culprits.