Bihar police detained four people on Saturday in connection with the murder of senior journalist Rajdeo Ranjan in Siwan.
Ranjan, who was bureau chief of the Hindi daily 'Hindustan', was shot dead at point blank range in a busy market place near station road on Friday evening.
A manhunt has been launched to arrest the killers with Special Task Force (STF) and Special Operations Group pressed into action.
"We will nab the people behind the killing and will not spare any one," Bihar Police chief PK Thakur said.
Ranjan's family said he had no enmity with anyone and over the last few years was busy preparing to celebrate his 17th marriage anniversary.
The murder has sparked a political blame game with the opposition BJP launching a scathing attack on the JD(U)-RJD-Congress government in the state.
BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain said while the chief minister was visiting Varanasi, the people of the state were migrating out as criminals were "ruling the roost.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has condemned the killing and directed top police officers to take prompt action in the case.
Meanwhile, a US-based media watchdog called for an investigation into the brutal killings of two journalists in Bihar and Jharkhand this week.
"While police investigations into the murders of journalists are welcome, investigations without arrests or tough prison sentences for the killers send the wrong message," Committee to Protect Journalist's Asia Program senior research associate Sumit Galhotra said in a statement.
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