Archive · 9 Aug 2026
Bihar guard shot during suspected theft attempt at road project
A man who works as a security guard had a very scary night.
His job is to keep a building site safe.
He works where a new road is being built in Bihar, India.
Very early in the morning, he saw two people sneaking into the site.
He thought they wanted to steal things.
When he shouted at them, one of them shot him in the leg.
The two people ran away.
The guard was taken to a health centre and then to a hospital.
The police are now looking for the people who did this.
They are also trying to find out if the men only wanted to steal things or had another reason.
A security guard, Massa Singh, was shot in the leg during a suspected theft attempt at a road project site in Bihar's Khagaria district.
The incident occurred around 1:30 am at the under-construction toll plaza of the Aguwani-Sultanganj four-lane project.
Singh told police he saw two suspicious youths entering the site, and one opened fire when he raised an alarm.
The two suspects fled after the shooting, and police are investigating the case from various angles.
Singh was taken to Parbatta Community Health Centre and later admitted to Khagaria Sadar Hospital for treatment.
- Who
- Massa Singh, a security guard from Tarn Taran, Punjab, deployed by a private agency at the site; Parbatta SHO Pramod Kumar is leading the investigation.
- What
- Massa Singh was shot in the leg by one of two suspected thieves after he raised an alarm at an under-construction toll plaza; the suspects escaped.
- When
- Early hours of Sunday, around 1:30 am (reported on August 9).
- Where
- The site of the Aguwani-Sultanganj four-lane road project in Khagaria district, Bihar.
- Why
- Singh confronted two youths who appeared to intend to steal from the site, and one of them fired at him when he raised an alarm.
- Victim
- Massa Singh, security guard from Tarn Taran, Punjab
- Location
- Under-construction toll plaza, Aguwani-Sultanganj four-lane project, Khagaria, Bihar
- Time
- Around 1:30 am, Sunday (August 9)
- Injury
- Gunshot wound to the leg
- Suspects
- Two youths who fled after the shooting
- Treatment
- Parbatta Community Health Centre; later Khagaria Sadar Hospital
- Investigation
- Led by Parbatta SHO Pramod Kumar; forensic team called to the site