The incident occurred within the Sheikhpura village on Saturday evening when Kumar was working in a subject, officers advised PTI.
Some villagers mentioned they heard gunshots within the subject. Upon reaching the situation, the officer was discovered mendacity unconscious with bullet accidents, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO-2) Masaurhi, Kanhaiya Singh, advised reporters.
Kumar was taken to a close-by hospital however succumbed to accidents throughout remedy, Singh mentioned.
The physique has been despatched for autopsy, he mentioned, including, additional probe is underway.
The incident comes shut on the heels of a spate of murders which have rocked the state capital within the final one week.A 50-year-old man concerned within the sand mining enterprise was gunned down outdoors his residence in Ranitalab space of Patna on July 10, lower than per week after the homicide of prime industrialist Gopal Khemka within the state capital on July 4.
A grocery store proprietor was additionally shot lifeless by an unidentified particular person in Patna's Ramkrishna Nagar locality on July 11.
