Advocate shot dead in Buxar

PATNA/BUXAR: A 35-year-old practising lawyer of Buxar civil court was shot dead on Itarhi-Buxar road under Mufassil police station in the district on Monday.
Two bike-borne youths intercepted advocate Kishore Kumar Pandey alias Bambam Pandey near a petrol pump and shot at him around 10am. He was rushed to Buxar Sadar hospital where the doctors declared him dead.
Kishore’s father Lakshman Pandey, also a practising lawyer, told the police that his son had left Gurudas Mathia village for the court on his motorbike.An empty cartridge was recovered from the spot.
As the news reached the court, lawyers blocked the Itarhi road. SP Neeraj Kumar Singh rushed to the site and pacified the agitators. The road blockade was lifted on the assurances of the SP, who assumed charge on Monday.
The SP said the reason behind the murder was yet to be ascertained. However, the family members apprehended land dispute or personal enmity behind the incident.
On September 8, Patna civil court advocate Harendra Singh was killed near Sarai under Naubatpur police station in Patna rural. Earlier, sales tax lawyer Satyendra Kumar was killed in Bhojpur district on February 22. Prior to that a 35-year-old lawyer Tuntun Akela was shot dead in Gopalganj district.
State bar council’s former vice-chairman Kameshwar Pandey along with his domestic help was found murdered at his residence in Bhagalpur in March.