Bihar: Spokesperson of Siwan BJP MP shot dead

A spokesperson of the BJP Member of Parliament from Siwan was killed on Sunday night by unidentified assailants when he was returning home. Police said the incident took place at around 10 pm under the town police station of Siwan when Srikant Bharti (45), press spokesperson for Omprakash Yadav, was shot dead by two unidentified assailants.

Bharti had been driving motorcycle back home. He had been associated with Yadav since 2009. Yadav had defeated Hina Sahab, wife of incarcerated former RJD MP Mohammed Sahabuddin, in last the Lok Sabha elections.

Siwan SP Vikas Barman said the police had been filing an FIR and would investigate all possible angles.