Bihar BJP vice president Visheshwar Ojha was on Friday shot dead by unidentified assailants in Bhojpur district while returning from a wedding.
Ojha, who had unsuccessfully contested Assembly election in 2015 from Shahpur constituency, was fired by gunmen when he was returning after attending the ‘baraat’ at Parsaura village in eastern Indian state of Bihar .
The incident took place between Sonvarsha and Parsaura village under Shahpur police station of Bhojpur.
Ojha’s driver and another person accompanying him were seriously injured in the firing.
Ojha was taken to Shahpur referral hospital where he died during treatment, the hospital’s in-charge Dr Ajay Kumar said, adding a medical board comprising three doctors had been formed to treat him.
The injured are being treated at Sadar hospital and doctors have declared them out of danger.
Senior BJP leaders, including former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi and state BJP president Mangal Pandey, condemned Ojha’s killing.
Calling his killing a ‘heinous crime’, Sushil Modi said chief minister Nitish Kumar has lost his will power to run the affairs of the state. “The chief minister is only attending meetings to control law and order but criminals are out of control,” Modi said.