Man shot dead at Gulbi Ghat in Patna

PATNA: Unidentified criminals shot dead one Mohammad Alauddin alias Bikau (38) at Gulbi Ghat under Sultanganj police station area of Patna City around 2pm on Friday. The deceased operated ambulance service from PMCH.
Patna City SDPO Amit Sharan said the murder might be a fallout of old rivalry as at least three criminal cases were lodged against Alauddin at Pirbahore police station.He had reached the ghat to attend the cremation of his friend Rahul’s mother.
Sharan said eyewitnesses told police that two criminals reached near Allauddin and fired two shots from behind. “One bullet hit Alauddin in his head. He was rushed to PMCH where doctors declared him dead. The criminals managed to escape and no one dared to intercept them. Allauddin was standing at an elevated place nearby on the bank of the Ganga when he was shot at a very close range,” he said. Alauddin used to live on the PMCH premises. Alauddin owned a few ambulances which he operated from PMCH.
Pirbahore police station SHO Rizwan Ahmed Khan said at least three criminal cases of loot attempt, extortion and scuffle were registered against Alauddin. Earlier, he had also been sent to jail. “But he had started social work,” he said.