A 40-year-old journalist Mithilesh Pandey was shot dead in his home in Kashta, Bihar. Senior superintendent of police in Gaya, Manu Maharaj, said “We have started the investigation. We will try to arrest the culprits as soon as possible”. A relative of Pandey’s told ANI that two or three people with their faces covered entered the victim’s house late on Saturday and shot him. Pandey’s family added that he was recently receiving threats, which he had informed police about earlier.