Summary:
- A watchman named Manikchand Paswan was shot dead in a land dispute near Sikarhati in Kumarkhand, Madhepura. He was on his way to the police station for duty when the incident occurred.
- Following the murder, angry villagers blocked the road and staged a protest. Four people have been arrested by the police in connection with the incident.
- Manikchand Paswan was riding a bike with his son when two miscreants on a red bike chased and shot him near the Gangapur sub-distributary canal. He fell from his bike after being shot.
- The police arrived at the scene upon receiving the information and rushed the injured watchman to the Community Health Center in Kumarkhand, where he was declared dead on arrival.
- The police have sent the body for postmortem and have arrested four individuals, while investigations are ongoing. The dispute over a 22 decimal land has been going on for several years.
- Manikchand Paswan had previously lodged a complaint at the police station regarding threats made against him by one of the accused.
