New Delhi/IBNS: Managing director of the Amrapali Group, is among six persons accused of the murder of a man in Bihar that happened in 2014, media reports said.

In August 2014, Dr Sharad Chandra, then a secretary of Balika Vidyapeeth in Lakhisarai, was shot dead at his home on the campus.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which took over the investigation on the order of the Patna high court, said the motive behind the murder was to take over the land and assets belonging to the educational institution.

"Anil Sharma, MD of Amrapali Group had usurped the trust of Balika Vidyapeeth with the help of Rajendra Prasad Singhania, Dr. Praveen Kumar Sinha, Shyam Sunder Prasad and Shambhu Sharan Singh," the agency has alleged.

Chandra was shot while he was reading a newspaper at his home.

The victim, according to the CBI, was targeted earlier too as he had raised questions about the way the school was run.

He was threatened and attacked earlier too while his house was damaged when the murder took place, the agency said.