Kumar Rajiv Nayan
Ara : Some unidentified armed miscreants shot at and injured a person near Paiga High School under Barahara police station (PS) in Bhojpur District in South Bihar on January 23, 2022, evening, and snatched his mobile phone and escaped.
The villagers admitted him to Ara Sadar Hospital. The injured was identified as Mahesh Yadav, 32, son of Jagnarayan Yadav of Shaligram Singh ke Tola under Bararaha PS. An FIR has been lodged with Barahara PS in this connection and police are investigating the matter and also conducting raids to arrest the miscreants.
SHO, Barahara PS, Jayant Prakash, said that Mahesh Yadav had gone to village Sarangdhar under Ara Muffassil PS to buy fodder on January 23, 2022. When he was returning home on his motorcycle in the late evening the same day, four armed miscreants intercepted him near Paiga High School and inquired about Bhakura village. They also snatched his mobile phone and when he protested, the miscreants shot and injured him and escaped.