Patna, April 29 -- The prime suspect in the fatal shooting of the Sultanganj Nagar Parishad (SNP) executive officer and the grievous wounding of its chairman died in a police encounter on Wednesday when officers took him to recover the crime weapon, police said.

Officers took the accused, Ram Dhani Yadav, 52, to a spot 200 metres from his house to seize the firearm used in the attack. There, his aides opened fire in a bid to free him, police said. Yadav also fired at the officers, who returned fire and wounded him. He died during treatment at a hospital, police said.

The violence erupted on Tuesday as Sultanganj Nagar Parishad (SNP) chairman Raj Kumar Guddu held a meeting in his official chamber with executive officer Krishna Bhushan Pr...