Patna hospital murder: How Bihar Police tracked gangster Chandan Mishra’s killers from Kolkata
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Patna hospital murder: How Bihar Police tracked gangster Chandan Mishra’s killers from Kolkata
Bihar Police on Saturday arrested all the five accused behind the murder of gangster Chandan Mishra at a hospital in Patna. A chilling CCTV footage of several armed men entering a room to shoot Mishra also emerged from Patna’s Paras Hospital. The arrests were made from New Town in Kolkata, where the crime was committed. The Bihar and West Bengal police worked together to arrest them. They were found hiding inside a flat in a housing complex in New Town near the West Bengal capital. The identity of those who have been arrested has not been made public yet. Preliminary investigations suggest that Mishra was killed in a gang war. He was a convicted gangster and was facing a life sentence in a murder case.
The arrests were made from New Town in Kolkata, around 530 kilometers from Patna, where the crime was committed.
The police said that the accused fled to Kolkata after committing the crime, following which the police started a manhunt for the accused and traced the accused to a town near the West Bengal capital.
The Bihar police jointly worked with the West Bengal police to reach the five accused who were arrested on Saturday morning from New Town near Kolkata, reported PTI citing police.
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Hid in Kolkata, tracked through mobile phones
A police officer said that the accused were tracked through their mobile phone tower location. Following Mishra’s murder, all the five accused left Bihar and fled to Kolkata.
After tracking their location, the Bihar and West Bengal police worked together to arrest them. They were found hiding inside a flat in a housing complex in New Town near the West Bengal capital.
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The police officer added that out of the five accused who have been arrested, four were directly involved in the killing. However, the role of the fifth accused, whether he was also involved in the killing or just helped the rest of them to hide, is yet not clear.
“All the accused were hiding in a flat in the housing complex in New Town area. Of the five, four were directly involved in the killing. Whether the fifth accused was involved in the crime or he only helped the others to hide is being probed. They fled Patna after the incident and came to Kolkata,” PTI quoted the police officer as saying.
He added that the arrested accused will be produced before a court where the Bihar police will seek their transit remand.
“Their mobile phone tower location helped us track them. The Bihar Police will produce them before a local court, seeking transit remand,” he said.
The identity of those who have been arrested has not been made public yet.
Chandan Mishra’s murder
Gangster Chandan Mishra, who was a convicted gangster and was facing a life sentence in a murder case, was out on a medical parole when he was killed on Thursday. Preliminary investigations suggest that Mishra was killed in a gang war.
Mishra had been arrested from Kolkata in 2014 and spent years in Bihar’s jails. He was associated with interstate gold robber Santosh Singh, according to the police. He was a native of Buxar and had over 20 criminal cases against him, including those of murder, bank robbery and dacoity.
A chilling CCTV footage of several armed men entering a room to shoot Mishra also emerged from Patna’s Paras Hospital, showing five men with guns entering the hospital room Mishra was apparently admitted and coming out of there.
Shooters in Patna hospital killing tracked to West Bengal, 5 held
Chandan Mishra was shot dead in broad daylight at Paras Hospital in Patna. Five suspects have been arrested in West Bengal, Bihar Police said. Mishra had multiple criminal cases pending against him and was considered a high-risk inmate. His death, investigators suspect, may be linked to rival gang activity, though no definitive motive has been confirmed. Police are pursuing leads to determine whether these individuals belong to a broader gang network or were hired as contract killers. Questions are also being raised over how Mishra, a known gangster, was monitored while on medical parole. The investigation remains open, with senior officials monitoring the case closely, police said. For confidential support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or click here for details.
Mishra, out on parole for medical treatment, was admitted to Room 209 of Paras Hospital when the killers, armed and coordinated, forced their way into the private facility and opened fire, killing him on the spot.
CCTV footage of #Patna #Paras hospital murder. 5 shooters seen entering room on second floor of hospital and firing indiscriminately on Chandan Mishra. #Bihar pic.twitter.com/dakqMWaH4L — Anand Singh (@Anand_Journ) July 17, 2025
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According to a police source, the suspects were apprehended in a series of raids conducted in multiple locations in West Bengal. “The arrested individuals are currently being questioned, and legal procedures are underway to bring them to Patna for further investigation,” the source added.
The number of arrests could increase, investigators said, as search operations continue. Among those identified in preliminary questioning are Tausif alias Badshah, Balwant, Abhishek, Mannu Singh, Nilesh, Suryamaan, and Neeshu. The police are pursuing leads to determine whether these individuals belong to a broader gang network or were hired as contract killers.
Once intelligence indicated that the accused had fled across the state border, a special unit was dispatched under direct supervision of senior Bihar Police officers. Surveillance footage and mobile tracking helped narrow down their locations.
The high-profile killing unfolded just after 7 am on April 22, when six men arrived on two motorcycles at Paras Hospital. Five armed assailants entered the building while one accomplice, wearing a helmet, remained with the vehicles outside.
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Although initially stopped at the emergency entrance for lacking hospital entry passes, the shooters reportedly gained access via the Outpatient Department (OPD) wing. CCTV footage shows them moving with purpose towards Room 209 before unleashing gunfire.
The same surveillance footage captured their escape, rushing back through the hospital’s corridors, fleeing the scene, and vanishing on motorcycles waiting nearby.
The daylight attack has raised serious concerns over hospital security protocols and the ease with which armed assailants were able to breach a high-security medical environment. Questions are also being raised over how Mishra, a known gangster, was monitored while on medical parole.
Chandan Mishra had multiple criminal cases pending against him and was considered a high-risk inmate. His death, investigators suspect, may be linked to rival gang activity, though no definitive motive has been confirmed.
Authorities have intensified efforts to trace remaining suspects and uncover the organisational trail behind the assassination. Meanwhile, legal formalities are being completed to transfer the arrested men to Bihar for custodial interrogation.
The investigation remains open, with senior officials monitoring the case closely.