Bihar: Two men shot at in Bhojpur

ARA: Two persons were shot at when they tried to prevent some outsiders from entering their locality.
The incident happened at Jawahar Tola locality under the Nawada police station area of Ara on Tuesday evening, where the residents had barricaded the entry point to check unnecessary movement of people in view of the Covid-19 threat..
The injured persons have been identified as Vinod Paswan and his uncle Sunil Paswan.Vinod’s brother Vikki said, “The residents had barricaded the entry point of the locality with bamboos to stop outsiders from entering the area. On Tuesday evening, a girl was trying to cross the barricade to which Vinod’s mother objected. Soon the girl called Phoolan and his son Shami alias Sunny, who started quarrelling with Vinod and Sunil, after they tried to reason with them. Amid the commotion, Sunny opened fire, injuring both Vinod and Sunil.”
The duo were rushed to Ara sadar hospital where they are stated to be out of danger.
Bhojpur SP Sushil Kumar said, “Both Phoolan and Sunny have been arrested and police have also recovered the firearms used by them.”