A group of miscreants opened fire at a resident of Raiganj on the outskirts of the town on Monday night as he tried to resist them from stealing his motorcycle.

Nur Alam is under treatment at the Raiganj Government Medical College & Hospital.

Sources have said Alam, a resident of Paschim Birnagar of Raiganj, works in a private company. He had started for his in-laws’ place around 10pm because of some urgency.

As he was moving through the Hatmani area of Bahin, on the outskirts of Raiganj, some youths waylaid him. “They held me at gunpoint and snatched my cellphone and Rs 2,500 in cash. As they tried to take away my motorcycle, I resisted. This made one of the miscreants fire at me. The bullet hit my right leg. I collapsed on the road. The miscreants tried to take away my bike but as some residents rushed out of their homes, they fled,” said Alam.

Police officers, who visited the spot, said they were conducting raids to nab the attackers. “Similar incidents have been reported in the district in the past. We are trying to find out whether an organised racket is active in the district,” said a police officer.

In another incident, a person died and two others got injured as they clashed during an altercation over grazing of cattle in an agricultural field on Tuesday. The incident occurred at Rampur village under Raiganj police station.

Sources said Mohammad Hossain and Mohammad Eshahar, who are neighbours, were having problems over the ownership of a plot. On Tuesday, Hossain had tethered his cattle in the plot for grazing. Eshahar and his family members objected to it and made Hossain take away the cattle.

After some time, Eshahar and his family members went to Hossain;s house and assaulted him. He was hit on his head with a wooden plank repeatedly and shoved to a ditch. Two others, who tried to stop the attackers, also got injured.

Later, all three were taken to RGMCH where doctors pronounced Hossain dead.