<p>The RJD Lok Sabha MP, however, had a providential escape as he was away from his residence at the time of the incident. <br /><br />The assailants, armed with AK-47, barged into the MP’s house around 3 pm this afternoon, before spraying three of his supporters with bullets. <br /><br />The deceased have been identified as Manibhushan, Devendra Mukhiya and Dinesh Yadav-a driver. <br /><br />“Prima facie, this appears to be a naxal attack, because the marauders were carrying AK-47 and indulged in indiscriminate firing before gunning down my three supporters,” said a distraught Umashankar.<br /><br />MP safe<br /><br />The MP narrowly escaped the jaws of death because he had left his house barely an hour before the shoot-out . <br /><br />“I came here by a morning flight. Had I been present at that time, meri bhi hatya ho jati (I, too, would have been killed),” he said. <br /><br />The MP said that he had apprised the Prime Minister and the Home Minister of the threat perception about him.<br /><br />“There was a security lapse today(Wednesday), or how could some people enter the house of an MP and open fire, killing three persons in broad-daylight,” the RJD MP wondered. <br /><br />Meanwhile, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has asked Bihar DGP Neelmani to conduct a thorough inquiry into the incident and book the culprits at the earliest.</p>
<p>The RJD Lok Sabha MP, however, had a providential escape as he was away from his residence at the time of the incident. <br /><br />The assailants, armed with AK-47, barged into the MP’s house around 3 pm this afternoon, before spraying three of his supporters with bullets. <br /><br />The deceased have been identified as Manibhushan, Devendra Mukhiya and Dinesh Yadav-a driver. <br /><br />“Prima facie, this appears to be a naxal attack, because the marauders were carrying AK-47 and indulged in indiscriminate firing before gunning down my three supporters,” said a distraught Umashankar.<br /><br />MP safe<br /><br />The MP narrowly escaped the jaws of death because he had left his house barely an hour before the shoot-out . <br /><br />“I came here by a morning flight. Had I been present at that time, meri bhi hatya ho jati (I, too, would have been killed),” he said. <br /><br />The MP said that he had apprised the Prime Minister and the Home Minister of the threat perception about him.<br /><br />“There was a security lapse today(Wednesday), or how could some people enter the house of an MP and open fire, killing three persons in broad-daylight,” the RJD MP wondered. <br /><br />Meanwhile, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has asked Bihar DGP Neelmani to conduct a thorough inquiry into the incident and book the culprits at the earliest.</p>
