Bihar traffic cop shoots dead reveller in ‘self-defence’

SARARAM: A police officer opened fire on a group of revellers, purportedly in self-defence, killing a 32-year-old man and injuring two others in Sasaram in Bihar’s Rohtas district on Friday night, reports .
Police identified the victim as Rana Om Prakash Singh. His elder brother, Rana Rahul Ranjan, registered an FIR alleging that Om Prakash was shot dead for refusing to bribe the cops.
The incident, according to cops, occurred after four men arrived near railway station in an inebriated state. A scuffle broke out between them and a patrolling unit. Traffic DSP Md Adil Bilal witnessed the fight and intervened. During confrontation, one of the youths reportedly fired an air gun, prompting cops to return fire.