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Bihar: Local journalist Pankaj Mishra shot at, condition critical

Bihar: Local journalist Pankaj Mishra shot at, condition critical

Sep 07, 2017
05:58 pm

What's the story

Two days after senior journalist Gauri Lankesh was murdered at her home in Bengaluru, Pankaj Mishra, a journalist with Hindi Daily 'Rashtriya Sahara', was shot at in Bihar's Arwal. He has sustained severe injuries and has been shifted to a Patna hospital. Mishra was attacked while he was on his way home from a bank. Two bullets hit his back. His condition is critical.

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According to initial investigations, robbery was the motive

Cops say one of the two assailants who attacked him have been arrested. Prima facie the motive seems to be robbery: Mishra was carrying Rs. 1L in cash.