Gaya, December 22: A Punjab National Bank (PNB) officer was kidnapped and later killed by criminals in Gaya district of Bihar.
The bank’s Customer Service Point (CSP) in-charge Pintu Singh was kidnapped late on Friday from near Amas, officer in-charge of Amas police station Shyam Lal Sarah said.
After his kidnapping around 11 pm, Singh is believed to have been shot dead around 2 am on Saturday, according to police. Deep injury marks were found on his head.
Singh’s killing came barely 48 hours after a businessman was shot dead in Vaishali district. The back-to-back killings have triggered violent protest by villagers, who have blocked the GT Road disrupting traffic for hours, Sarah added.
Gunjan Khemka, the industrialist, was shot dead on Thursday in Hajipur in Vaishali. His son, Gopal Khemka, is a well-known businessman in Patna.
Khemka was targeted on his way to his factory in Hajipur, about 30 km from Patna, Vaishali Superintendent of Police Manavjit Singh Dhillon said.
Police are still in the dark and yet to make a breakthrough in the case.
Opposition Rashtriya Janata Dal and Congress leaders have targeted Chief Minister Nitish Kumar for the rise in crime and total collapse of law and order.
“There is no law and order in Bihar. It is free for criminals and they do as per their will,” RJD spokesperson Bhai Virendar said. IANS
