Patna. In a shocking incident, the husband of a ‘Mukhiya’ (chief) of a village in Bihar is killed by a country-made bomb. The officials have given this information.
The incident took place on Monday at around eight o’clock in the Jamdaha Hatia market of Katoria police station area.
Victim Rekha Devi’s husband Jyotish Mahto was returning from Banka district in an SUV.
He stopped at the market to buy ‘paan’ (betel nut) from a vendor, from whom he used to buy every day, a fact that the attackers knew.
The victim’s elder brother Nakul Mahto said, “After buying paan, as he was returning to his car, unidentified assailants hurled a powerful country-made bomb at him. The intensity of the blast was very high and Mahto had to flee from there. Didn’t get any chance.”
The explosion created panic in the market, during which the attackers fled from the spot.
“We have registered an FIR against unknown persons under the murder, criminal conspiracy and Explosives Act and investigation is on. Efforts are on to identify the attackers,” VD Singh, the officer probing the case, said.
—AnyTV News
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