JD(U) neta shot dead in Nalanda

BIHARSHARIF: Miscreants allegedly shot dead a JD (U) leader, Rajesh Kumar alias Chattu Mahto, near Beldaria village under the Ekangarsarai police station area in Nalanda district on Sunday evening.
According to police sources, the incident took place when Rajesh, a resident of Fagnipar village under the same police station area, was returning home from a nearby market on his motorbike.After being shot in the chest at close range, he called up a relative with his cellphone and fell unconscious. His kin reached the spot and took him to a hospital where the doctors declared him dead.
Hilsa SDPO Krishna Murari said, “Police are investigating the case and will arrest the culprits soon.”
Earlier, another panchayat-level JD (U) leader, Shailendra Kumar, was shot dead in Nalanda district on November 19 while returning home on his bike.