Six People Shot Dead In Bihar During Clash Over Land Dispute

Six members of an extended family, including a 60-year-old man, were shot and killed in a village in Bihar’s Nalanda district in a clash said to have erupted over a long-standing land dispute, a senior police official said.

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The incident took place in the village of Lodipur, below the district’s Chhabilapur police station area, Police Superintendent Hari Prasath said.

The victim belonged to an extended family, whose members were involved in a dispute over the ownership of 50 acres of land for the past 20 years.

Among those who have died from gunshot wounds are Yadu Yadav (60), his sons Pintu Yadav (30), and Madhesh Yadav (25), the brothers Dhirendra Yadav (50) and Shival Yadav (40) as well as Binda Yadav, from 50 years.

The SP said that efforts were underway to arrest the attackers.

More updates will come soon.