Two persons killed, six others injured in Holi revelry

Two persons were killed and six others injured in revelry during Holi in Bihar's Sheikhpura district, a police officer said today.
A man was killed and six others injured in firing between rival groups in Dhevsadih village under Town police station area in the district last night following a clash between them over noise being created by music blaring from loudspeaker, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Santosh Kumar said.
The deceased has been identified as Santosh Kumar (28), he said, adding the body have been sent for post-mortem.
The injured persons were admitted to the Sadar hospital where the attending doctors referred one of the seriously injured person to the Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH), Kumar said.

An FIR has been lodged against 17 persons and raids were being carried out to nab them, the SDPO said.
A Homeguard Ramashraya Paswan (42) was beaten to death by assailant in Premchand Bigaha village under Shekhopur Sarai police station area in another Holi-related incident yesterday, he said.
The assailant Gariban Paswan has been arrested and charged with the murder of the Homeguard, the SDPO said.