Patna: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Punam Pandey was shot dead by unidentified men in Bihar`s Rohtas district on Diwali night, police said Saturday.
Punam Pandey, BJP vice-president in Rohtas, was killed in front of her residence in Rajapur locality in Sasaram late Friday, when people were busy celebrating Diwali, a police official said.
The killing triggered protests by locals who shouted slogans against police and demanded immediate arrest of the culprits.
IANS
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