Incharge of Bihta police station, Raju Kumar, mentioned the deceased was the son of 1 Amir Lal Rai. The incident occurred at Pathlautia village close to Bihta in Patna district. He mentioned two teams clashed with one another over unlawful sand mining close to the Sone river ghat. The members of a sand mafia gang had been forcefully mining sand from the diara subject belonging to the individuals of the village. The opposite group protested and clashed with the unlawful sand miners. Either side exchanged fireplace. The police group reached the spot after getting the knowledge, he mentioned.
“The physique was despatched to Danapur Sadar Hospital for postmortem. The kin of the deceased has filed a written criticism in opposition to 25 named individuals of the identical village. Danapur SDPO Abhinav Dhiman additionally reached the spot and talked to the individuals. Two individuals have been detained for interrogation. A police group is tenting on the village to avert any untoward incident,” Raju Kumar mentioned.
In line with the police sources, sand mafia gangs have encroached upon the land used to develop greens. They mentioned the residents of Pathlautia had been sitting on the Solar Temple of the village within the morning when firing began from the sand mafia facet. A person sitting on the temple was shot at. The villagers took shelter contained in the temple to flee the gunshots and returned the hearth, the sources added.