Updated on Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 00:00 IST

Dehri-On-Sone, Feb 18: Unidentified criminals on Wednesday shot dead a person travelling on Delhi bound Mahabodhi Express (2397 UP) at Sonenagar railway station in Bihar's Rohtas district, GRP sources said.

The victim has been identified as Subodh Mishra (26), a resident of Mishri Bigaha village in Chatra district of Jharkhand.

Mishra boarded the sleeper coach (S-9) train for New Delhi at Anugrah Narayan Road station in Bihar's Aurangabad district after visiting his in-laws house at Chhotki Bela village in the district, sources said.

After the train stopped at Dehri-On-Sone station, the GRP personnel took the body in its custody and sent it for autopsy. An FIR in this connection has been lodged and the matter was being investigated, the GRP sources said.

Bureau Report