PATNA, Jan. 28 -- Unidentified assailants gunned down a 32-year-old engineering graduate late on Tuesday evening near Chhapra Kuchcheri railway station in Saran district, police said.

The deceased has been identified as Vikas Tiwari, a resident of Shakti Nagar locality under the Town police station area.

According to family members, Tiwari was preparing for competitive examinations in Patna and was returning home on Tuesday evening after alighting from a train at Kuchcheri railway station. While he was on his way home, miscreants allegedly attempted to snatch his mobile phone and other belongings. When he resisted, they shot him at point-blank range, leaving him critically injured.

With the help of locals and passersby, Tiwari was rush...