BJP leader shot dead in Bihar

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Punam Pandey was shot dead by unidentified men in Bihar's Rohtas district on Diwali night, police said today.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Punam Pandey was shot dead by unidentified men in Bihar's Rohtas district on Diwali night, police said on Saturday.

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Punam Pandey, BJP vice-president in Rohtas, was killed in front of her residence in Rajapur locality in Sasaram late Friday, when people were busy celebrating Diwali, a police official said.

The killing triggered protests by locals who shouted slogans against police and demanded immediate arrest of the culprits.