BJP Bihar vice president Visheshwar Ojha shot dead near Patna

Patna: BJP leader Visheshwar Ojha was on Friday shot dead by unidentified men in Bihar's Bhojpur district, sparking off protests, police said.

Ojha, vice president of the state Bharatiya Janata Party, was attacked near a village about 60 km from here.

BJP state president Mangal Pandey and former deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi denounced the murder.