Bihar: Man stabbed to death during cellphone loot in Siwan, truck owner shot at in Muzaffarpur

PATNA: Unidentified bike borne criminals stabbed a 30-year-old man to death when he resisted a cellphone loot with him at village Pachlakhi under Nautan police station area in Siwan at around 2pm on Sunday.
The slain person was later identified as one Rishikesh Raj, resident of Harsiddhi at Motihari in East Champaran.
Nautan police station SHO Abhimanyu Kumar said that Raj was going to Siwan town from Harsiddhi on a bike for some work when the incident took place.
“Some eyewitnesses told police that two criminals on a bike intercepted Raj and tried to loot his cellphone. When he resisted, one of the persons pulled out a dagger and stabbed him on the right side of the chest and fled after looting his cellphone,” he said.
SHO said that Raj was killed at the spot within a few minutes of the stabbing.
“When police reached the spot, even his purse and other belongings were not found. It’s not clear if criminals looted his other belongings or any commuter or miscreant from nearby village looted them,” he said.
SHO said that prima facie it seems he was killed for resisting loot. He said Raj worked with a private firm in Harsiddhi and the body was sent for post-mortem.
In another loot incident in Muzaffarpur, at least four car borne unidentified criminals intercepted a coal-tar laden truck and shot at its owner Narendra Yadav (34) when he resisted a loot on the wee hours of Sunday.
The incident took place at around 2am near Panapur which is border of Sahebganj and Baruraj police station area.
Baruraj police station SHO Mukesh Kumar said that Rs 30000 was looted from Yadav.
Quoting Yadav’s statement, SHO said at least four criminals in a car intercepted the truck forcing the driver to stop.
“They forced the duo to come out and started looting. When Yadav resisted, criminals shot him in the thigh and looted the money. He was presently under treatment at SKMCH in Muzaffarpur,” SHO said.
He said that Yadav was taking the truck to Barauni from Gopalganj for delivering the tar.
Meanwhile in Vaishali, two bike borne criminals shot at one Savindar Das (22) in abdomen at village Hussaina under Garaul police station area of Vaishali district on Saturday night. SHO Sanjeev Kumar said that the reason behind the incident was yet not clear. He said Das is a daily wager by profession. SHO said that none had been arrested yet in connection with the incident.
In another incident, one egg seller Vijay Rai (21) was shot at Khajamma village under Mahnar police station area in Vaishali on Sunday night. Mahnar SHO (in-charge) Prem Kumar said Rai was shot in the chest but his condition was stable.
He said three youths had opened fire on him. SHO said that it was yet not clear if Rai was shot at due to petty dispute of paying money after eating eggs or there was some old enmity.
“He had not mentioned anyone’s name before police yet,” Kumar said adding he was shifted to PMCH from Vaishali on Sunday.