RJD leader shot dead

A local RJD leader was shot dead by unidentified assailants at Mitbhairwa in Bihar's Gopalganj district, police said today.

The assailants barged into the RJD district secretary Rustam Ali's house and shot him dead last night, Additional Superintendent of Police Anil Kumar said.

On the complaint of the victim's relatives, an FIR has been lodged against four persons all of whom were absconding, Kumar said.