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Four accused arrested from Kolkata’s Anandapur on Saturday night time in reference to the homicide of Bihar gangster Chandan Mishra have been produced at a metropolis courtroom on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri
“The 4 accused together with the primary hit man Tauseef Khan, his affiliate Harsh, Khan’s maternal cousin Nishu Khan, and Nishu’s medical assistant Bhim drove into Kolkata by the Vidyasagar Setu toll plaza at round 10.30 p.m. on July 17. Their telephones have been switched off, so we might solely observe them by the automotive’s quantity plate,” an officer of the West Bengal Police’s Special Task Force (STF) stated.
The officer added that by superior ANPR cameras, the accused’s automobile was tracked to Sukhobrishti, a housing complicated in New Town within the Kolkata-adjacent Bidhannagar. Tausif and the three different accused had reached Sukhobrishti round 11.25pm on July 17, and left from there round half an hour later.
“Bihar Police had alerted us that their native contact Ehsaan is anticipated to help them at Sukhobrishti. However, Ehsaan and his mates on the housing complicated didn’t reply to Tauseef’s calls when the automobile reached the housing. Tauseef and the others had left from there the identical night time, and we detained Ehsaan and 4 others from Sukhobrishti for interrogation,” the officer of West Bengal Police STF stated.
During interrogation, Ehsaan allegedly confessed to the police that Tauseef’s confederate from Patna, Sahil, had messaged him on July 17 notifying him that Tausif and his crew had reached Kolkata, and that they have been able to be obtained at Sukhobrishti. However, Ehsaan reportedly didn’t reply to Tauseef’s calls.
The officer additional added that after the automobile left Sukhobrishti within the wee hours of July 18, its motion was once more noticed at Kolkata’s Park Street space at round 3:53 a.m., and was later seen close to the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass.
“We thought they’d make an try and flee from Kolkata as a result of by the morning of July 18, media had began sharing that 5 folks had been detained over the Patna homicide. We alerted all toll plazas to safe town’s exit factors, and scanned town’s lodges within the meantime,” the official stated, including that by then the Kolkata Police STF had additionally been alerted.
A high-ranking official of the Kolkata Police STF stated on Tuesday that by evaluation of intelligence, visitors cameras, and by interrogating locals of the world, the accused’s automobile had been tracked to Anandapur close to the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass on the night of July 18.
“There was a guesthouse at Anandapur the place a gaggle of 4 males and one lady had checked in round half an hour after the automobile had been parked within the space. We checked lodge CCTVs and recognized Nishu Khan, who we knew was paralysed waist down from an earlier bullet damage,” the Kolkata Police STF officer stated.
He added that the prime accused, Tauseef, was troublesome to determine as a result of he had allegedly undergone a whole change in look by then, with the assistance of a barber booked by an internet service. The lady accompanying them was Nishu’s native contact, he stated.
“We despatched in groups and secured the world across the guesthouse, and shortly after, raided two rooms from the place we arrested the 5 folks. They have been unarmed, and nothing vital was seized from them. Subsequently, they have been arrested by Bihar Police,” the officer from Kolkata Police STF stated.
Bihar-based gangster Chandan Mishra was out on parole and was shot lifeless in an open firing inside Paras Hospital in Patna within the morning on July 17. The ‘chief’ of the hit crew, Tauseef, and three others have been arrested in Kolkata on July 18 in joint operations of the Bihar Police, West Bengal Police, and Kolkata Police.
Published – July 23, 2025 03:50 am IST
