Journalist shot at in Bihar

A journalist was shot at by bike-borne assailants on Thursday in Bihar's Arwal region, said reports. The police suspects that personal enimity could be the motive behind the attack.

Pankaj Mishra, a journalist working for Rashtriya Sahara newspaper, was shot at by two attackers on a motorcycle. His condition is said to be serious.

"Pankaj Mishra was shot by two people from his village. Mishra was leaving the bank with Rs 1 lakh cash which was robbed by them...One accused who shot journalist Pankaj Mishra has been arrested. It is a case of personal enmity," news agency ANI quoted Arwal Superintendent of Police, Dilip Kumar, as saying.

The incident comes at a time when there is an uproar across the nation over the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh on Tuesday in Bengaluru. The attackers on bike shot Lankesh outside her home in Bengaluru's RR Nagar. Seven bullets were fired at her out which three hit her and four missed.

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