A retired officer of the customs department was shot dead in front of his son in yet another brazen act by criminals in Bihar’s Bhojpur district. The incident happened in front of their house gate. The identity of the attackers are not known.
The wife of the murdered officer alleged that some people had created fake documents to grab their land
On Thursday morning, he was closing the gate of his house to go for a walk and his son was inside a car. The incident has left residents of Arrah city in a huge shock. Suddenly, three armed men came from behind and shot him. They ran away after the attack. Sushali Devi, the wife of the murdered officer, alleged that some people had created fake documents to grab their land and had also threatened to kill her husband. Senior police officers Awadhesh Dixit and Sushil Kumar reached the incident site and inspected the crime scene.
Some people were allegedly trying to seize the land, due to which Singh filed a police complaint. The retired officer had bought 13 kathas of land in the name of his son, Rajesh Kumar.
After the shooting, Singh was taken to hospital, where doctors said he was already dead. Singh would go for a walk at a nearby ground every morning with his son, according to his family. The police said a land dispute is suspected to have led to the murder. The police said they are investigating the allegations. The police said they are looking at other angles apart from the land dispute allegations.
