In Jharkhand, unknown assailants shot dead the General Manager of All India Digamber Jain Pilgrimage Committee Mr. Prakash Chandra Sharma in front of thousands of pilgrims. AIR Ranchi correspondent reports that the incident happened on Sunday evening near Samadhi Sthal of Vimal Sagarjee Maharaj at Madhukam of Giridih district when a large crowd gathered to celebrate the jayanti of Vimal Sagarjee Maharaj. An unknown lady asked Mr. Sharma to come out of crowd when he was going to perform puja. As soon as he came out, assailants fired upon him and ran away. After the incident, the SP of Giridih, A B Homekar reached the spot and started the investigation.