A journalist was shot dead by unidentified people in Araria district of Bihar early on Friday, police said. Vimal Kumar Yadav, 35, who worked for a Hindi daily, was killed at his home in Premnagar.

Murder at dawn

“The assailants knocked at the gates of Yadav’s house around 5.30 am and opened fire as soon as he opened the gates,” the Bihar police tweeted. Yadav died on the spot. “The deceased was said to be involved in an old dispute with a neighbour. All angles are being probed into,” said Superintendent of Police (Araria) Ashok Kumar Singh.