Ara (Bihar), June 1 (PTI) A day-long curfew was today
clamped on this district headquarter town in Bhojpur district
as tension escalated following the gunning down of Brahmeshwar
Singh, chief of now-defunct private militia Ranvir Sena.
"We have imposed a day-long curfew on Ara town,"
Sub-divisional officer Dharmesh Kumar said.
Prohibitory orders under section 144 CrPC were also
enforced in the district after the killing of Singh alias
Mukhiyaji.
Kumar said the situation is tense, but under control.
Singh was on a morning walk when he was accosted by
gunmen who pumped several bullets into him, killing him on the
spot at Katira Mohalla under Nawada police station, 71 kms
from Patna.
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