On CCTV: Property dealer shot dead by 2 men on Bihar highway. They fired 7 shots

Footage from a CCTV camera across the busy Sitamarhi-Muzaffarpur national highway shows the assailants spent about 60 second at the spot after the first shot, firing repeatedly to make sure that the property dealer was dead.

Patna: A property dealer travelling on a motorcycle was forced to stop and shot dead by two men in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur on Wednesday morning, police said. A CCTV camera captured the brazen attack on the busy Sitamarhi-Muzaffarpur national highway that shows the assailants spent about a minute at the spot after the first shot, firing repeatedly to make sure that the man was dead.

On CCTV: A property dealer in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur was shot dead by two unidentified men who overtook him and forced him to stop. (CCTV footage/ Screengrab)

Police said they found seven shell casings from the spot.

The dead man was identified as Nawal Kishore Singh, a property dealer from Sheopur district

Muzaffarpur SSP Jayant Kant said Nawal Kishore Singh was the brother of a former chief and district board member, Srinarayan Singh, who filed his papers to contest the Bihar elections as a candidate of a regional party Janta Dal Rashtravadi in October-November last year. Srinarayan was killed during campaigning on October 25, 2020.

Police said Wednesday’s incident took place at about 5.30am when the property dealer was going somewhere from Ahiyapur. Nawal Kishore was forced to stop his motorcycle between Old Zero Mile and Vijay Chhapra on the Sitamarhi-Muzaffarpur highway, about 100 km from state capital Patna.

Witnesses told the police that the men also killed a street dog who had been barking incessantly at them.

“The dog ran a few metres and collapsed to his death”, said Ramsagar Shah, who has a tea stall near the spot.

Local residents said it appeared the gunmen fired about 15 shots but the police stressed they found only seven shells.

Police said they were trying to question two men present at the spot for a lead about the assailants. They are also seeing if the CCTV footage helps to identify the accused and are examining phone details of the dead man.