Two accused injured in gunfight with cops

BALWANT AND RAVIRANJAN, WHO WERE CAUGHT IN CCI'V VIDEO, WERE HOT AT AS THEY TRIED TO ESCAPE WHEN POLICE APPROACHED THEM, OFFICERS AWARE OF THE RAID SAID

- Avinash Kumar and Prashant Ranjan

Three people, wanted in the murder of gangster Chandan Mishra at a hospital in Patna, were arrested in Bihar’s Bhojpur district on Tuesday following a gunfight with the police and two of them getting bullet injuries, officials said.

Those arrested were identified as Balwant Kumar, Raviranjan Kumar Singh and Abhisekh Kumar, they said. Balwant and Raviranjan were shot at as they tried to escape when police approached them, police officers aware of the raid said.

Shahabad range deputy inspector general of police (DIG) Satyaprakash confirmed the incident and said that the alleged shooters, Balwant and Raviranjan, are natives of Buxar and Bhojpur respectively.

Police had identified five shooters from the CCTV footage that had caught them entering the ICU room number 209 of Paras hospital in Patna on July 17 early morning. While the lead shooter, Tausif Badshah, who was uncapped unlike other four, was immediately recognised after the CCTV video went viral. The third was identified as Balwant and fifth as Raviranjan.