PATNA, June 2 -- A sharpshooter of the Shambhu-Mantu gang was gunned down by unidentified assailants in Muzaffarpur town on Sunday night, police said on Monday.

The incident took place in the basement of Icon Towers on Amar Cinema Road when the victim alighted from his vehicle and was about to enter the lift, they said.

The deceased, identified as Govind Sharma alias Govind Kumar (40), lived in the apartment as a tenant.

Police suspect the killing to be the result of a gang war. Preliminary investigation suggests that the assailants had reached the apartment premises earlier and were monitoring the movements of the deceased gangster.

Following the incident, panic gripped the area, and police launched a thorough investigation into the ...