Jeddah : In a tragic shooting incident in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), a 27-year-old man from Jharkhand , a state in eastern India, was reportedly killed after being caught in a crossfire between police and an extortion gang linked to the illegal liquor trade.

According to several media reports, the victim, Vijay Kumar Mahato from Dudhapania village in Dumri block of Giridih district, had been working with Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company on a transmission line project in the Jeddah region for nearly a year.

The shooting took place on Wednesday, October 15, when Mahato had reportedly gone to collect materials at his worksite on the instructions of a senior company official when police opened fire as part of an operation against a local gang.

He was taken to a hosp

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