Yet another Contractor Shot Dead in Patna
Patna: January 8, 2008
Armed criminals on Boring Canal Road in Patna on Tuesday gunned down a local contractor in broad daylight causing a panic in the area where people ran helter-skelter after hearing a series of gunshots.
 Sanjay Singh, the 33-year old brother of notorious Barh gangster Vivekanand Singh, was chased into a government office before being showered with bullets near a guava tree in the back of the building.
Singh died on the spot.
According to the police, Singh also had a criminal history both in Barh and Patna.
The victim’s nephew and son of Vivekanand Singh later filed an FIR with the Kotwali Police naming Janata Dal – U legislator Anant Singh and seven others for conspiring and having killed Singh in an ongoing war of attrition among the contractors.
Eyewitnesses said Singh who was in a car was chased by four to five criminals on motorcycles at around 1:30 pm. Sensing threat to his life, Singh got off the vehicle and ran into a government office hoping to deter the criminals from pulling the trigger.
However, the criminals walked into the office and shot at least six rounds sending the office employees scrambling to take cover as Sanjay Singh collapsed on the ground after having been hit several times.
The police are investigating the case.
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