PATNA: A local leader of the Vikassheel Insaan Party (VIP) was gunned down after two bike-borne individuals allegedly opened fire on him in Bihar’s East Champaran district on Friday.
The incident occurred around 6 a.m. in Tinkoni village, under the Darpa police station area, when the victim, Kameshwar Sahani (50), was returning home. Sahani, who served as the district in-charge of VIP’s Raxaul unit, had reportedly stepped out early in the morning and was cleaning his hands near the entrance of his house when two unidentified persons arrived on a motorcycle and opened fire at him.
Sahani sustained multiple gunshot injuries in the attack. Police from the Darpa police station reached the spot upon receiving the information. They recovered the body and sent it for the post-mortem.
Officers recovered evidence, including spent bullets from the crime scene, and a forensic team was called in.