At his house…
On Friday morning, 18 August 2023, a local journalist in Bihar's Araria district was shot dead at his house by unidentified gunmen, Bihar Police said.
The incident took place in the Raniganj Bazaar area.
The victim, named Vimal Kumar Yadav, was 35 years old, and worked as a local journalist for the Dainik Jagaran newspaper, police said.
The gunmen knocked on his door and called his name at around 5:30 am, and shot him when the door opened, they said.
The local police station chief reached the spot at around 5:35 am and investigated the matter.
The Superintendent of Police, Araria has also visited the spot. The dead body was sent for an autopsy, police said, adding that a forensics team and a dog squad are at the spot.
Elementary investigations show an old enmity with his neighbours could be the cause of the incident, police said.
"In the Raniganj Bazar area, a journalist named Vimal Kumar Yadav was shot dead by unidentified criminals...
Post-mortem is going on. The dog squad has been called to the murder spot... An investigation is underway," Ashok Kumar Singh, Superintendent of Police, Araria, said.
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