Patna: RJD leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday questioned the Bihar government asking if "anyone was safe anywhere" in the state after unidentified assailants shot a prisoner admitted at a hospital in Patna.
In a post on X, Tejashwi Yadav said, "Government criminals stormed into the ICU and shot a patient admitted to the hospital. Is anyone safe anywhere in Bihar? Has this happened before 2005?"
A prisoner, Chandan Mishra, was out on parole on the grounds of required medical attention and was admitted to Paras Hospital for treatment, when unidentified assailants barged into the hospital on Thursday morning and shot him, Patna SSP Kartikay Sharma said.
Chandan Mishra was a known criminal with dozens of murder cases registered against him. The Police believe that the rival gang has carried out the shooting. The prisoner is undergoing treatment.
Central range (Patna) IG Jitendra Rana also confirmed the same.
"A criminal named Chandan Mishra, resident of Buxar district, admitted to Paras Hospital for treatment and members of the rival gang shot him. He is undergoing treatment...He was shot multiple times...The assailants are being identified with the help of the Buxar Police," IG Jitendra Rana said.
He also hinted toward the possibility of security guards involved in this incident.
"It cannot be ruled out that the security guards of the police were involved in this incident. We will investigate this angle also." IG Jitendra Rana said.
Bihar Deputy CM Vijay Sinha however, assured that the incident is being investiagted and the criminal would be caught.
"Such an incident is unfortunate. It will be thoroughly investigated and the criminal will not be spared. The CM of Bihar has said that the criminal will be caught and strictly punished," he said.
JD(U) leader Neeraj Kumar assured that "necessary actions" will be taken against the assailants.
"The Police are looking at all the details and necessary action will be taken," he said.
Meanwhile, In another instance of crime in Bihar on Thursday morning, a blood-soaked body of Rakesh Singh's 20-year-old son Shivam alias Bunty was found lying outside his house in Hathiyakandh village under Shahpur police station area, Superintendent of Police (SP) West Patna, Bhanu Pratap Singh stated.
According to the deceased's family members, Shivam used to study in a rented house in Danapur with his parents and had come to the village only four days ago.
The deceased's grandfather Devendra Singh said that on Sunday night he came to sleep in their room but went to another room saying that he will come after putting the mobile on charge, then when he did not come back, he thought that he might have slept in the same room, but in the morning his body was found outside the house.
SP Bhanu Pratap Singh stated that Shivam was brutally murdered by attacking him with a sharp weapon on the head. He added that upon receiving the information, the in-charge of the Shahpur police station arrived at the scene with his team and began investigating the case. There is an atmosphere of panic and anger in the village due to this tragic incident.
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