Collegian shot dead in Purnia

PURNIA: A student, Ayush Kumar Jha, was allegedly shot dead by unknown miscreants while he was on his way to college with two friends on Monday. The incident took place near Majheli Chowk in Purnia district.
“Ayush, who was a resident of Sipahi Tola and the only son of his parents, sustained a gunshot injury in his chest and died on the spot,” a police officer told this newspaper.
Later, his body was sent to a hospital for carrying out a post-mortem. “We are scanning CCTV footages and looking forward to investigating Ayush’s friends,” a sub-inspector, Shyam Nandan Yadav, said.
The incident has created panic in the area.