This story is from August 26, 2020

Property dealer shot in Lakhisarai, one held

Unidentified criminals shot dead a property dealer near Jhulauna village under Ramgarh Chowk police station area in Lakhisarai district on Tuesday morning.
Property dealer shot in Lakhisarai, one held
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PATNA: Unidentified criminals shot dead a property dealer near Jhulauna village under Ramgarh Chowk police station area in Lakhisarai district on Tuesday morning.
The deceased was identified as Gautam Sao (65) of Lakhisarai town. The incident took place between 8am and 9am on Lakhisarai-Ramgarh road.
Ramgarh Chowk police station SHO Dhirendra Pathak said Sao was going on his bike to inspect a plot of land he had purchased near Jhulauna when the criminals trailing him on another bike fired at him.
He said Sao was first shot in his head. When he fell down, the criminals stopped their bike and shot him in the chest, resulting in his death. “No one was witness to the killing. Police suspect the involvement of two to three criminals,” he said, adding no empty cartridge was recovered from the spot.
The SHO said Sao’s wife Vinita Devi has lodged a named FIR against four persons and police arrested one Bharti Kumar (22) for his alleged involvement in the murder.
Pathak said Sao owned 12 kattha land near Jhulauna village. “However, the killing seems to be a fallout of dispute over another plot located in Lakhisarai town,” the SHO said. He said criminals had opened fire at Sao in the past, too, but he had managed to survive.
SDPO Ranjan Kumar said the killing was a fallout of an old financial dispute with his former partner in property dealing over a plot of land Sao had purchased in the town area. Kumar said police came to know that Sao had been getting threats. “Sao owned a detergent manufacturing plant, which he had to close before starting property dealing,” he said.
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