PATNA: Three members of a family were shot dead over an old dispute in Bihar's Sitamarhi district on Monday, police said.
Subodh Kumar, officer in-charge of Suppi police station, said: "While Salman Khan (30) and Ejaj Khan (32) were on their way to appear in the court of the SDO, half a dozen criminals in a Scorpio hit their motorcycles near Akhta village on the Suppi-Sitamarhi road and opened indiscriminate firing. Both died on the spot."
"Later, they (criminals) forcibly entered a house in Akhta village and shot dead Shahjahan Nisha (40), " he added.
All the three deceased were close relatives.
Tension gripped the village after the incident and police forces have been deployed to control the situation.