5 policemen suspended following gangster's murder at Patna hospital

The development comes shortly after the five accused were arrested from Kolkata's New Town in connection with the murder, PTI reported.

Updated on: Jul 19, 2025, 17:13:50 IST

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Five policemen have been suspended for dereliction of duty in connection with gangster Chandan Mishra's murder at Patna hospital, an official said on Saturday.

Five policemen have been suspended for dereliction of duty following Chandan Mishra's murder. (Santosh Kumar/ Hindustan Times)

Those suspended include a sub-inspector, two assistant sub-inspectors, and two constables. The five police personnel were from the Shastri Nagar Police Station in the Bihar capital.

“They have been suspended with immediate effect for dereliction of duty in connection with the murder of the convict inside a top private hospital on Thursday. The personnel were posted at Shastri Nagar Police Station,” Patna (Central) SP Diksha told news agency PTI.

Also Read: Patna hospital shooting: Five arrested from Bengal's New Town

The development comes shortly after the five accused were arrested from Kolkata's New Town in connection with the murder, PTI reported, citing the police.

According to the police, the accused were apprehended from a housing complex in the metropolis's satellite township during a joint raid by the Patna Police and West Bengal STF.

Chandan Mishra, a resident of Buxar district of Bihar, was shot dead by gunmen inside the hospital on Thursday morning. He was a murder convict out on parole. The entire incident was caught on a CCTV camera.

The footage showed at least five men are seen casually walking through a corridor before they pull out their pistols from under their shirts and enter a room, where Chandan Mishra was admitted.

The gunmen then shot at the gangster, killing him at the spot. The police later identified and arrested all the accused in the case.

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