A man from Jharkhand’s Giridih district was shot dead in Saudi Arabia earlier this month after being caught in a crossfire between local police and an extortion gang involved in the illegal liquor trade, officials and family members said.

Vijay Kumar Mahato (27), a resident of Dudhapania village under Dumri block, was working with Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company in Saudi Arabia. According to his family, he went there about a year ago to work on transmission line projects.

Speaking to The Indian Express , Mahato’s brother-in-law Ram Prasad Mahato said the incident occurred on October 15 when Vijay was walking near his worksite and got caught in a gunfire between the police and local extortionists operating around the area.

“Vijay was nearby when the firing began. The bul

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