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            BJP 
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            Saturday November 06, 2010 11:31:59 AM, 
    
             
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              Patna: 
              Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Punam Pandey was shot dead by 
              unidentified men in Bihar's Rohtas district on Diwali night, 
              police said Saturday. 
               
              Punam Pandey, BJP vice-president in Rohtas, was killed in front of 
              her residence in Rajapur locality in Sasaram late Friday, when 
              people were busy celebrating Diwali, a police official said. 
               
              The killing triggered protests by locals who shouted slogans 
              against police and demanded immediate arrest of the culprits. 
                
                
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