Araria (Bihar):A journalist of a daily newspaper in Bihar's Araria was allegedly shot dead on Friday morning. The deceased has been identified as Vimal Kumar Yadav. Preliminary reports suggest that some men knocked on the door of the journalist's house and shot him dead. The incident took place at around 5:30 am under Raniganj police station area limits. Police officials, including Superintendent of Police Ashok Kumar Singh and Member of Parliament Pradeep Kumar Singh, are present at the site.
Calling it a sad incident, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said, "Just when I got to know about the killing of a journalist, I directed the authorities to look into this matter as early as possible. It is very sad that a journalist was killed like this."
SP Ashok Kumar Singh said, "Some unidentified men knocked on the door of Vimal's house at 5:30 am. As soon as he came out, they fired rounds at his chest and fled. Vimal died on the spot. The body has been sent for post-mortem examination. Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) teams have been rushed to the spot. Police teams are working to nab the accused and further investigation into this case in on."