A migrant worker, hailing from Malda, was shot dead by some miscreants in Patna on Monday night.
Sources said Shamim Akhtar alias Jamal, in his early thirties, worked in a water supply project at Karmali Chowk area in Patna. He was a resident of Kawamari village.
“We have come to know that the miscreants, who came on a two-wheeler, had fired three rounds at Shamim while he was about to sleep,” said Mahabub Alam, the victim’s brother. The victim’s family has filed a police complaint.
Tazmul Hossain, the Trinamul MLA of Harishchandrapur, said: “The state government will extend all possible help to the bereaved family.”
In another incident in Harischandrapur, another migrant worker has gone missing since December 28 in Uttar Pradesh. Sources said Mukleshur Rahaman, 33, a resident of Sultannagar area, who worked in Uttar Pradesh’s Azamgarh had been missing for a week now.
His family members have filed a police complaint and suspect that Rahaman has been abducted by a local contractor, who reportedly is also a BJP leader. “We suspect that he has been abducted as he went to the contractor to get the due wages. It is almost seven days now and we could not contact him,” said a family member.
Police said a probe was on. Officials of Harishchandrapur police station said they are in contact with the police of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and have initiated investigations of both incidents.
