A man with a criminal background shot at a guard while trying to escape from a hospital, unintentionally striking a patient in Bihar's Siwan district.
The incident occurred after a criminal named Saddam Hussain surrendered in court today, leading the police to bring him to the hospital for a medical checkup.
As per a NDTV report, authorities suspect that the shooter may have been targeting Hussain. The hospital guard saw the shooter, Arbaaz Alam, entering the women's washroom in the hospital and tried to restrain him. Alam had walked down the corridor holding a handgun openly before he went inside the washroom. When Alam resisted the guard's attempt to stop him from running, the guard swung his baton and hit Alam, the police said. Subsequently, Alam ran out of the hospital with the guard in pursuit.
Once he reached outside, Alam fired a few shots at the guard, which missed and hit a patient identified as Alok Tiwari, a local resident. Tiwari is being treated at the hospital, the police said. Other guards who were at the hospital gate joined in the chase and together they managed to pin down the accused.
The police said Alam was soon handed over to them; two bullets and a motorcycle have been recovered from him. He was under the influence, the police said.
