India, Feb. 12 -- A suspected assailant was beaten to death by an enraged mob after he and his accomplices allegedly opened fire on a man and a woman near the Indian Bank on Sub-Divisional Hospital Road in Ganj locality of Dalsingsarai town on Wednesday evening, police said.

The incident occurred around 7pm when motorcycle-borne miscreants allegedly fired indiscriminately following an altercation with a local resident, identified as Pappu Paswan. Paswan sustained multiple bullet injuries - one in the chest and several in the back - and was referred to Sadar Hospital in critical condition.

A passerby, Rekha Devi, wife of Ramesh Sah and a resident of Hospital Road, was also hit by a bullet in her arm and is undergoing treatment at the hos...