Key accused sent to 3-day police remand

{ PATNA HOSPITAL MURDER CASE } FOUR ACCUSED BROUGHT TO PATNA ON TRANSIT REMAND FROM KOLKATA

- Avinash Kumar

PATNA: Four accused in Patna hospital murder case, including main shooter Tausif Raja alias Badshah, were produced before the court of ACJM-9 here on Monday. Tausif was sent to three days police remand while remaining three accused were forwarded to judicial custody.

The four were brought to Patna on a 48-hour transit remand from Kolkata on Monday.

The accused were arrested in a joint operation by Bihar and West Bengal police from a guest house in Anandpur, Kolkata, and were brought by road via Gaya, Jehanabad under heavy security. The convoy of police vehicles carrying the accused went to Patna police line, with officials maintaining tight surveillance.

Badshah, his cousin Nishu Khan, caretaker Harsh, and nursing aide Bhim were arrested in Kolkata and brought to Patna in a black Scorpio, escorted by four police vehicles. They will be produced in the court late evening or Tuesday. Tausif is one of the key accused in the sensational murder of gangster Chandan Kumar Mishra, shot dead inside a prominent hospital here on July 17. The four other shooters are still at large.