Sanjay Singh was on his way to Govindpur from Parsudih when unidentified assailants on motorbike intercepted him near railway crossing and fired at him indiscriminately, a police official said.
Critically injured Singh was rushed to a hospital with the help of local residents but doctors declared him brought dead, Deputy Superintendent of Police Animesh Naithany said.
Prima facie, he said, a dispute over a piece of land is suspected to be a cause for the killing.