patna three unidentified criminals gunned down undersecretaryranked officer rajiv kumar 58 at his residence under the sachivalaya police station area in patna around 330am on tuesday rajiv was posted in the state planning department he succumbed to his injuries at a private hospitaldsp sachivalaya rajesh singh prabhakar said the criminals had entered the veranda of the government quarters from behind and attacked rajiv when he woke up for morning stroll the criminals also looted some valuables from his home while his wife and daughter were fast asleepafter hearing the gunshot his neighbours rushed there and found rajiv in a pool of blood he was immediately taken to a private hospital where he died prabhakar saidpreliminary investigations revealed that the criminals had entered rajivs residence with an intention to eliminate him they looted some valuables to mislead the police by showing it as a case of robbery the dsp said and added that some suspects had been detained for interrogationthe police have recovered from the spot a slipper which probably belonged to one of the criminals forensic science laboratory experts and a dog squad visited the spot meanwhile leader of opposition tejashwi prasad yadav attacked cm nitish kumar over the government officers murder whats this nitish kumar ji now will come the pet reply kanoon apna kaam karega na hum kisi ko fasate hai na bachate hai nitish ji speak up wake up and awake your socalled conscience tejashwi tweetedincidentally rlsps vaishali district secretary manish sahani was shot dead at his jandaha office in the district on monday evening triggering violent protests by his supporters in the area