A botched assassination attempt in Katihar, Bihar, has left a family shattered and a community on edge. Assailants entered a home in Mohna Chandpur village to eliminate Ehtesham Hussain, only to tragically kill his wife Sharifa Khatoon due to a fatal misidentification in the dark.
The drama unfolded as the masked figure crept into the bedroom where Sharifa lay asleep alone. A single gunshot ended her life abruptly. Family outcry prompted the attacker to ditch the pistol and flee, providing investigators with a vital lead.
Ehtesham squarely blamed his wife’s sibling and her spouse for plotting the hit, rooted in prolonged disputes. Past legal entanglements, he says, were their doing, and this was the ultimate retaliation.
Police SP Shikhar Chaudhary outlined a multi-pronged strategy: FSL teams gathering scientific evidence, weapon analysis underway, and suspect profiling active. Preliminary indications point to domestic vendetta.
The aftermath saw village unrest, with demands for round-the-clock security. Tauqeer Alam of Congress decried the lapse, calling for exemplary punishment. As manhunts intensify, this case serves as a grim reminder of how personal animosities can erupt into lethal confrontations in rural India.