Police said that they have identified a few suspects in connection with the attack (Representative Image) | Photo Credit: Getty Images

Begusarai: In a surreal series of events which have come to light from West Bengal, a man managed who was shot at point blank range managed to drop his daughter at her examination centre before driving himself to a private hospital. The incident reportedly took place in Bengal's Begusarai district on Wednesday.

According to what 18-year-old Damini Kumari told Times of India, six criminals on two motorbikes intercepted them when she was on her way to her Intermediate examination centre along with her father Ram Kripal Singh. They halted us near Lasrahi village on the Birpur-Begusarai road, she said adding that the miscreants first tried to tie her father's hands but decided against it.

"They pumped two bullets into his chest at a very close range and fled on their bikes", the girl told the national daily. She went further to say that her father, a former mukhiya of the Birpur east panchayat, did not pay heed to her advise and drove seven kilometres to drop her at her examination centre before riding his motorcycle to a private hospital where he is being treated for bullet wounds.

Superintendent of Police (SP), Begusarai, Awakash Kumar said that the father is undergoing treatment and is not in the state to converse at the moment. We will record a statement once he regains consciousness and investigate accordingly, added Kumar. He also said that the police have identified a few suspects in connection with the attack.

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