Two criminals shot dead 30-year-old Manish Pathak alias Chhotu Pandit at Daiguttu under Mango police station area on Thursday evening. The victim, who had sustained bullet in the head was rushed to Tata Main Hospital emergency, where he was declared as brought dead.
The victim was secretary of BJP Mango Mandal Committee and had been sent to jail for being involved in the communal violence taken place at Mango in July. Deputy Superintendent of police (headquarters-I) KN Mishra said the victim was a resident of Daiguttu and the murder was the outcome an old enmity between the neighbours.
"We are investigating the incident we have already got the names of those killed Pandit. Though the assailants have fled the area, we are trying to arrest the two accused by conducting raids at their houses and elsewhere in the city," said Mishra.
According to police, the assailants were identified as Vikash Tiwary and Tezu Singh, both residents of Daiguttu in Mango. Though no formal FIR was lodged on behalf of the victim's family members, the police had came into action for nabbing those involved in the murder.
According to sources it was in the evening when Pandit came out of his house by riding his bike, Tezu and Tiwary followed him and intercepted him near a small stretch of jungle close to the Forest Department office in Mango. There was fight between Tiwary and Pandit over something, leading them to indulge in a scuffle.
As per the sources, incidentally, the victim's younger brother Munish had come to the spot hearing the commotion and finding his brother being attacked he wanted to rescue him, but it was too late.
He carried his critically injured brother in an auto-rickshaw and rushed him to Tata Main Hospital, but was declared brought dead.