Overview
- Ram Kumar Singh, a retired Assistant Commissioner of Customs and local community leader, was shot multiple times by masked gunmen on a motorcycle as he left for a morning walk Thursday in Arrah, Bhojpur district.
- Witnesses and police said the attackers fired seven to eight rounds before fleeing and Singh was taken to Arrah Sadar Hospital where he was declared dead.
- Local police registered an FIR and deployed the District Intelligence Unit and a Forensic Science Laboratory team to collect evidence and review CCTV as a search for the assailants continues.
- Family members told police Singh had received threats over a land dispute and had faced a previous attack, but authorities have not confirmed a motive.
- Residents protested at the hospital demanding arrests, and investigators say forensic results and CCTV leads will be key to identifying suspects and determining whether the dispute was linked to the killing.