PATNA: A
key witness
in two separate murder cases, Vikash Kumar, was shot dead near Hakimganj under Kiul police station area in
Lakhisarai
Sunday evening. His friend Ravi Verma received gunshot injuries and was undergoing treatment at a hospital. Irate local residents blocked the national highway and damaged a police vehicle near Gari Vishanpur in protest.
Kiul police station SHO Dheeraj Kumar said both Vikash, 28, and Ravi were strolling when two unidentified bike-borne criminals fired several rounds around 6pm. “Both were rushed to the hospital but Vikash could not survive,” he said.
The SHO said Vikash was a key witness in
two murder cases
, including the one of his maternal uncle
Ramakant Yadav
and another of a retired Army jawan. Ramakant was the director of Munger-Jamui Central Cooperative Bank and had close links with RJD chief Lalu Prasad. He was shot dead in Lakhisarai town on October 11, 2017.
“Both were murdered in separate incidents in 2017. Vikash was scheduled to depose before a court in Lakhisarai on Monday in the retired Army jawan murder case,” he said.
The SHO said a large number of villagers and family members of Vikash blocked the road and indulged in arson to protest the murder. “They damaged a patrolling vehicle of Kabaiyya police station during the violence,” he said.
A large number of police personnel were there till the time of going to the press to control the situation arising out of the murder.
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