Bihar: Father-son lawyer duo gunned down in Chhapra
Hindustan TimesA 68-year-old lawyer, and his 35-year-old practicing son were shot dead by unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants near Kendriya Vidyalaya on the state highway under Muffasil police station limits in Saran district around 8am on Wednesday. Lawyers of the Chhapra civil court staged protests over the incident as both Ram Ayodhya Rai and his son Sunil practised there. Five assailants on two motorcycles intercepted and fired shots at them,” Chhapra Bar Council president Amrendra Singh said, adding that the association will go on indefinite strike if the killers are not arrested within 24 hours. “We demand the arrest of culprits within 24 hours, and completion of investigation within a fortnight,” lawyer Shashikant Yadav Sadhu said, adding that the incident reflected the deteriorating law and order situation in Bihar.