PATNA, April 28 -- An executive officer was shot dead while the chairman of the Sultanganj Nagar Parishad (SNP) was critically injured in broad daylight by unidentified assailants in Bhagalpur district of Bihar on Tuesday evening.

The murdered victim has been identified as Krishna Bhushan Prasad, an executive officer (EO) of SNP, while the SNP chairman is Raj Kumar Guddu who is battling for his life at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital (JLNMCH) in Bhagalpur. Both victims were shot in the head.

Krishna Bhushan's wife is an ADM rank official in the UP government. He was the 59th batch officer of BPSC. He was originally from Madhubani and got married three years ago in Motihari.

He took the charge as EO on July 30, 2025.

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