Bike-borne assailants shot dead the son of a jeweller in Samastipur district of Bihar, police said. The incident took place in Pagdha village under the Dalsinghsarai police station area. The deceased has been identified as Rakesh Kumar Poddar, son of Rajkumar Poddar, a resident of Pagdha village, and his body has been sent for post-mortem examination.

Source: The World Opinion

On Monday, Rakesh Kumar Poddar was returning home after closing his shop when, according to reports, the attackers stopped him on the road in Pagdha village. The assailants first fired shots to create panic, after which they allegedly attempted to loot him. When he resisted, the assailants opened fire on him, and he died on the spot. The accused then fled from the scene on their motorcycle.

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Special team formed, forensic teams at the spot

DSP Vivek Kumar Sharma of Dalsinghsarai reached the spot with a police team soon after receiving information about the murder, inspected the location and questioned family members of the deceased. Rural SP Mukul Ranjan, who took charge as the first rural SP of the district, also visited the scene on the first day of his posting and said police had received information about a person being killed by bike-borne criminals and that an investigation was under way.

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According to Rural SP Mukul Ranjan, the actual motive behind the murder has not yet been established. On the directions of District SP Arvind Pratap Singh, a special team has been formed to arrest the culprits. A technical team from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) and the District Intelligence Unit (DIU) has also been deployed at the scene, and police are collecting evidence and conducting raids to trace the absconding assailants.

Source: The World Opinion