Engineer with Bengaluru firm shot dead in Bihar

An engineer working in a private construction company in Bengaluru was on Saturday shot dead by unidentified criminals in Bihar's Saran district, police said.

According to a district police official, Krishnmohan Tiwari, 40, a resident of Kolhua village in Saran, was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne criminals near Devri village under Taraiya Police Station on Saturday evening.

"Tiwari was shot dead following heated exchanges with the criminals," the police official added.

--IANS

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