Two shot dead over dispute among children of 2 families in Bihar

A dispute among children escalated into a deadly clash in Bihar’s Nalanda district, leaving two young adults dead after families exchanged gunfire. The incident occurred in Dumrawan village. Police have launched an investigation; families protested poor emergency response at hospital

Nalanda: Two persons, including a 22-year-old woman, were shot dead after a dispute among children of two families turned violent in Bihar’s Nalanda district, police said on Monday.

The incident occurred on Sunday night in Dumrawan village under the Deepnagar Police Station limits, when members of two families fired at each other over the dispute, a senior officer said.

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The deceased have been identified as Annu Kumari, daughter of Om Prakash Paswan, and Himanshu Kumar (24), son of Santosh Paswan, Nalanda Deputy SP Ram Dular Prasad said.

“Upon receiving information about the firing incident, a police team immediately reached the spot and took the injured to the nearest government hospital, where they were declared dead. Bodies have been sent for the post-mortem examinations. The exact cause of the incident is not known,” Prasad said.

Villagers claimed that a dispute among the children of two families over a game turned violent, and both sides started firing.

A case has been registered and the investigation is underway, the officer added.

The deceased families also staged a protest outside the hospital over the alleged lack of facilities to manage emergency cases.