Bihar BJP Vice President Visheshwar Ojha was shot dead on Friday by unidentified assailants in Bhojpur district while returning from a wedding. Visheshwar Ojha, who had unsuccessfully contested Assembly election in 2015 from Shahpur constituency, was fired at by gunmen when he was returning after attending the ‘baraat’ at Parsaura village.
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.
BJP National spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain, while condemning the death said that Jungle Raj has returned to Bihar under the new dispensation.
He called for taking strong action against the culprits.