A journalist working for a Hindi daily newspaper was shot dead by three persons on Saturday morning in Sasaram, headquarter of Rohtas district in Bihar.
Dharmendra Singh, working for Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar, was at a tea stall outside his house in Amra Talab area under town police station in Sasaram when three persons in a motorcycle reached the spot and fired at him from close range.
Eyewitnesses said the journalist received gunshot injuries in his chest.
He was taken to the Sadar Hospital in Sasaram from where doctors referred him toVaranasi for further treatment. He succumbed to the gunshot injuries on his way to Varanasi.
Police officials said they are investigating the incident and have launched intensive combing operation to nab the assailants.
