Overview

• Late-night encounter in Bhojpur district saw two suspected shooters injured and third, Abhishek Kumar, apprehended after they opened fire on an STF patrol
• The injured suspects, Balwant Kumar Singh and Ravi Ranjan Singh, are being treated under guard in Ara hospital, with two pistols, a country-made firearm, magazines and cartridges seized at the scene
• Earlier in the week, Taushif Khan alias Badshah and three co-conspirators were arrested in Kolkata and brought to Patna on transit remand to face charges in the July 17 hospital killing
• Police have identified all five gunmen in the Paras Hospital shooting and continue to hunt the remaining absconding suspects
• The operation underscores strengthened inter-state cooperation between Bihar STF, Patna Police and Kolkata STF in dismantling the cross-border criminal network responsible for the assassination