SAHARSA, Oct. 27 -- In a broad daylight incident, two armed men riding a motorcycle shot dead former mukhiya Mohammad Javed Iqbal, alias Mohammad Guddu, 50, in Bihar's Saharsa district on Monday. He was the former mukhiya of Hareva panchayat under Salkhua block. The incident took place near the Sarbela Bridge under Banma Itahari police station when he was returning to his home at Hareva on his bike. According to the police, two unidentified bike-borne criminals fired at him when he was returning home from Sarbela. "Soon after the incident, he was rushed to sub divisional hospital at Simri Bakhtiyarpur from where the doctor referred him to Saharsa district hospital." The relatives took him to a private hospital in Saharsa where he succumbed to gunshots during treatment. Sub divisional police officer (SDPO) Nishikant Bharti confirmed the incident and said, "Prima facie investigations suggest old enmity behind the incident." He, however, added, "Right now we can't say anything but we have started carrying out raids on the basis of the preliminary inputs to arrest the assailants and further investigation is underway." Meanwhile, FIR has not yet been lodged till the filing of the report....