Hazaribagh: Kumar Gaurav, Deputy General Manager of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), was shot dead on Saturday morning in the Katkamdag police station area of Hazaribagh district, Jharkhand.
The attack, suspected to be linked to extortion rackets targeting contract works at NTPC’s North Karanpura project, has sent shockwaves throughout the region.
Gaurav, who was responsible for coal dispatch operations at NTPC, was en route to his office in Keredari block when the assailants struck at around 9.45 a.m. at a location called Fataha, on the Hazaribagh-Barkagaon-Keredari road.
According to initial reports, criminals on a motorcycle intercepted Gaurav’s vehicle and fired multiple rounds at him. Apart from the driver, another individual was present in the car. Severely injured, Gaurav was rushed to a hospital in Hazaribagh, where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.
Kumar Gaurav was the nephew of the late Ram Swaroop Prasad, a former Member of Parliament from Bihar’s Nalanda constituency.
Authorities have launched an extensive probe to identify and apprehend those responsible.
