The Ward No 5 councillor was struck three times.Hearing the gunshots, his family and locals rushed to help and took him to a hospital, but doctors declared him dead on arrival.
In his X post, Tejashwi Yadav said, “NDA goons led by Nitish Kumar shot dead ward councillor Pankaj Kumar in Hajipur at night. The CM and two deputy CMs are sleeping peacefully while their goons are creating mayhem.”
The police have started an investigation and are reviewing CCTV footage from the area to track down the suspects.
RJD MLA Mukesh Roshan, who also visited the hospital, condemned the state’s law and order situation, calling the murder a failure of governance.
“Pankaj Rai was an active RJD worker. His murder shows that lawmakers aren’t safe even in their own homes. It’s ‘jungle-raj’ in Bihar,” RJD MLA Roshan said.