In a twilight shootout on Sunday evening, a youth, identified as JP Gupta, was shot dead near Kandu chowk in Daltonganj. DSP PR Barwar has confirmed the casualty of Gupta saying, police have swung into action and possible hide outs of the criminals are being searched.
Sources said Gupta along with another person was distributing some marriage cards in Kandu area when two youths on a bike made a successful targetted bid on Gupta and got him down. The killers sped away with the same bike. Further details are awaited. Personal enmity is said to be the cause of shoot out which proved fatal opined the police.