Patna, July 22
In a major breakthrough in the Chandan Mishra murder case, a joint team of Bihar STF and Bhojpur police arrested three accused following an encounter in Bhojpur district on Tuesday.
The encounter took place around 5.45 a.m. near a river on the Bihiya-Kateya road under the Bihiya police station limits.
The police and STF, acting on intelligence inputs, surrounded the suspects linked to the Chandan Mishra murder case.
In response, the criminals opened fire, prompting retaliatory fire from the police.
Two of the criminals, Balwant Kumar (22, a resident of Liladharpur, Buxar) and Raviranjan Singh (20, from Chakrahi, Bhojpur), sustained bullet injuries during the exchange of fire.
Balwant suffered injuries to his hand and leg, while Raviranjan was shot in the thigh. The joint team has also seized two pistols, a country-made Katta, two magazines and some live cartridges. The entire area was cordoned off, and a heavy deployment of police was seen in the area.
Both injured accused were initially taken to Bihiya Hospital and later referred to a higher facility for treatment.
A total of three accused were arrested during the operation, Bhojpur ASP confirmed.
Sources revealed that leads obtained during the interrogation of the main accused, Mohammad Taushif alias Badshah, currently on a three-day police remand in Patna, led to the arrests in Bhojpur.
Gangster Chandan Mishra was killed in Patna’s Paras Hospital on July 17.