Lawyer shot dead in Patna’s Sultanganj, third such incident in a week

Police prehend 3 slug shells from the country and are investigating the motive down the execution and identities of the assailants

SP Patna East, Parichay Kumar. ANI

Armed assailants gunned down a lawyer successful Patna's Sultanganj country connected Sunday, constabulary said.

Jitendra Mahato, 58, succumbed to his injuries astatine Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH).

The sidesplitting comes adjacent connected the heels of the caller murders of salient businessman and BJP person Gopal Khemka and different idiosyncratic successful Patna's Ram Krishna Nagar, intensifying opposition’s disapproval of the Nitish Kumar-led authorities implicit rising transgression successful the state.

Meanwhile, the constabulary are contiguous astatine the scene, and an probe is nether way.

SP Patna East, Parichay Kumar, said Mahato was changeable dormant by unidentified criminals successful Patna and succumbed to his injuries.

Police seized 3 slug shells from the country and are investigating the motive down the execution and identities of the assailants. FSL teams person been deployed, and CCTV footage is being examined.

"Criminals changeable a idiosyncratic named Jitendra Mahato. He was taken to the PMCH, wherever helium died. The household said that helium utilized to travel present each time to person tea. Today, helium came present to person beverage and was changeable portion returning. Three slug shells person been recovered from the spot. The identities of the criminals and their motive are being investigated. FSL teams, section constabulary and the SDO were called aft I learned astir the incident. The CCTV cameras are being examined. The lawsuit is being investigated from each angle," helium said.

Preliminary accusation shows the deceased was a lawyer who had not been practising for the past 2 years.