In a chilling display of lawlessness, two friends were shot at point-blank range by motorcycle-borne attackers in Patna’s Ramakrishna Nagar on Sunday. The incident unfolded at Shivaji Chowk amid Maha Shivratri celebrations, exposing glaring security lapses in the heart of Bihar.
Bittu Kumar and Pintu Kumar arrived in a Scorpio SUV for a quick tea break when the ambush occurred. The attackers, faces masked and guns blazing, pumped bullets into the defenseless youths before vanishing into the crowd. The gunfire triggered immediate hysteria, with shops shutting down and traffic grinding to a halt.
Brave bystanders ferried the bleeding men to a nearby clinic, where their conditions remain precarious. Police response was rapid, with SDPO Ranjan Kumar Singh leading the probe. Sources hint at old enmities fueling the violence, linked to a prior dispute.
As forensics teams comb the site and CCTV reels are analyzed, the city reels from this audacious crime. Community leaders are outraged, calling for heightened patrols and stricter gun controls. Patna’s underbelly of rivalry threatens to erupt again unless decisive measures are enforced.