Two brothers shot dead in Nalanda

Biharshirif, Oct 12 (UNI) Two brothers were killed and their father was critically injured in a shootout by armed criminals at Kolawan village in Bihar's Nalanda district today.

Police said that about a dozen armed criminals attacked a group of people when they were sitting near a temple and took Nagendra Singh and his sons -- Anil and Uday into their custody. Later, they shot dead the two brothers and seriously wounded their father.

Motive behind the killings was stated to be gang rivalry, police said, adding raids were being carried out to nab the killers.

UNI