India, Sept. 4 -- A 27-year-old Indian Air Force (IAF) jawan and a jewellery shop owner were shot at and robbed within a span of four hours in north Bihar, police said on Thursday, adding that one accused has been arrested.

IAF jawan Abhishek Singh, currently posted at Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior, was shot at by motorcycle-borne men when he resisted their attempt to snatch a chain from his wife around 4 pm on Wednesday.

"The IAF personnel and his wife, Kavita, were on their way to Muzaffarpur town from their residence at Paru. As soon as they arrived near Ema village, two motorcycle-borne criminals intercepted them and tried to snatch a gold chain from her. When the Air Force jawan resisted, one of them fired on him from point-blank range,...