PATNA: Two unidentified bike borne criminals shot dead a garment trader Pankaj Kumar Sinha (27) near Big Bazaar on Patna Sahib station road under Chowk police station area in Patna city at around 7.30pm on Wednesday.
Patna City ASP Amit Sharan said that Pankaj was standing at the spot when criminals approached him and shot him once in the left side of abdomen after interacting for a minute or two.
He said Pankaj was rushed to a nearby private hospital but died within minutes of doctors starting treatment.
The ASP said that Pankaj had lent money to a few persons and had even lodged a case for recovery.
He said police suspects that he was killed either due to financial dispute or over personal enmity.
Sharan said Pankaj owned at least two garment shops till last year but shut it down after loss due to Covid-19 pandemic. He said Pankaj’s father Krishnamurari Prasad Sinha is also a trader.
ASP said that the slain trader was a resident of Humad Gali which is also under Chowk police station area of Patna city.
He said police are scanning CCTV camera footage and have started conducting raids to identify and arrest the shooters.
