accosted a liquor trader in Bhojpur district of Bihar and shot him dead, a police official said.
The incident happened near Maharaja College under Nawada police station of the district and the deceased has been identified as Dinesh Kumar Singh, a resident of Bindgama under Koilwar police station in the district. He was an accused in a murder case in Jharkhand and had recently come out from jail on bail.
Nawada Station House Officer (SHO) P K Jha said, "Singh was returning from Ara town to his village today morning when armed criminals on three motorcycles accosted him and fired indiscriminately. He died on the spot."