BALWANT SHOT CHANDAN MISHRA WITH RAVI RANJAN AND OTHER AIDES AT THE BEHEST OF SHERU SINGH

23-JULY-ENG 11

RAJIV NAYAN AGRAWAL

ARA----------------------------Balwant Singh, a resident of Liladharpur village of Chakki police station in Buxar district, is said to be very close to the infamous Sheru Singh lodged in Purulia jail. He is believed to have played a very important role in the Chandan Mishra murder case. Apart from being one of the shooters who shot Chandan, his name is also coming up in providing weapons for the murder. There is also talk of Balwant Singh being seen with Ravi Ranjan Singh and other shooters in the viral CCTV footage after the murder.

It is being said that the shooter Balwant Singh seen wearing a white shirt and cap at number three in the viral video footage is seen, while Ravi Ranjan Kumar Singh is at number five. Abhishek Singh is said to be the one driving the bike in the viral video related to the escape after the murder. This has also been confirmed by STF sources. According to STF sources, Balwant Singh and Ravi Ranjan Kumar Singh were involved in the shooting, while Abhishek Kumar was standing below the hospital. After committing the crime, all three fled on a bike.

Meanwhile, according to sources, Balwant Singh was in constant touch with Sheru Singh, who is lodged in Purulia jail. He was taking every step on Sheru Singh's instructions. It is being told that Balwant Singh had brought the shooters to Paras Hospital. He had also given ten pistols to the main shooter Taushif alias Badshah.

According to sources, the shooters were hired by Balwant Singh on Sheru's instructions for Rs 5 lakh each. Balwant had also got Chandan Mishra's close associates involved to get accurate information for the murder. However, Bhojpur police officials have denied having any information about this.

Police officials say that only Patna police can give clear information about this after matching the photo with CCTV footage and intensive interrogation. Let us tell you that on the morning of July 17, the notorious Chandan Mishra, who was undergoing treatment at Paras Hospital in Patna, was gunned down. Chandan Mishra was a resident of Sonvarsha village in Buxar district. He was convicted in a murder case.

After the encounter, there was a lot of commotion in Bhojpur district for a long time after the incident of two shooters getting shot by three miscreants of the infamous Chandan Mishra murder case. There was chaos from Kateya Road of Bihiya to Sadar Hospital. After both the criminals were brought for treatment in the encounter, a crowd gathered in Sadar Hospital of Ara. A large number of police forces were also deployed for security. Along with the STF, many other officers including Jagdishpur SDPO Rajesh Kumar Sharma and Bihiya Thanedaar Aditya Kumar also camped in the hospital. Due to this, Sadar Hospital was transformed into a cantonment.

The FSL team investigated the site of the encounter between the police and criminals on Tuesday morning at Kateya-Englishpur Dam in Bihiya police station area. After the encounter, the FSL team reached Kateya-Englishpur Dam with the force and collected the blood stains and other evidence fallen there. After staying at the scene for about an hour, the FSL team returned.

During the encounter between the STF and the criminals involved in the Chandan Mishra shootout in Bihiya, several rounds of bullets were fired. According to police sources, the criminals fired 13 rounds at the police during this time. In retaliation, the STF also fired 10 bullets in self-defense. During this, criminals Balwant Singh and Raviranjan were shot. While Abhishek was arrested by the police. During the encounter, the police recovered three live cartridges and 6 shells from the scene.

During the encounter, Balwant, who was injured by a police bullet, himself shot 9 bullets at Chandan Mishra, who is admitted in Paras Hospital in Patna. Apart from this, Tausif Badshah and other criminals fired bullets at Chandan Mishra.

In the joint operation of STF and police in Bihiya, Balwant Singh, who was injured by the bullet, kept screaming for a long time. According to police sources, Balwant Singh is a very clever criminal. After being shot, he was shouting that Balwant Singh Tiger is still alive.