Hajipur: A bullet-riddled body of an Assistant Sub-Inspector has been found in Vasihali district of Bihar, raising questions over the functioning of state government.
Just days after bodies of two engineers were recovered from Bihar districts, reports of an ASI being shot dead by unknown assailants on Saturday in Hajipur in Vaishali district surfaced.
The locals informed the nearest control room immediately, after which the police reached the spot and took the body in its custody.
After preliminary investigations, it was revealed that the deceased was Bihar ASI Ashok Yadav. Reports say that Yadav, who was shot multiple times, died on the spot. Yadav was on leave since last three days before he was shot dead.
It is being speculated that assailants used Yadav's service revolver to shoot him dead and later took away the revolver with them.
Yadav's body has been sent for post-mortem. Police have registered a case of murder.
