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Ojha murder: Two accused arrested

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Two people have been arrested in connection with the killing of Bihar BJP vice president Visheshwar Ojha.

One accused, identified as Harendra Singh, alias, Bhua Singh, was arrested on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the BJP has called bandh in Shahabad region in protest against killing.

Ojha was shot dead at Sonbarsa village under Shahpur police station of Bhojpur on Friday evening when he was returning from a wedding.

Some unidentified assailants fired at him and fled the scene, in which Ojha's driver and a man also got injured.

Ojha was the second BJP leader to have been killed in the past 12 hours. This morning another local BJP leader Kedar Singh was shot dead in Chhapra, headquarters of the Saran district.

 

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First Published: Feb 14 2016 | 9:22 AM IST

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