Shooting at Indian Museum: Here’s how Kolkata Police, CISF convinced accused jawan to surrender

A CISF jawan shot dead a colleague and injured another after he opened fire inside their barrack attached to the Indian Museum in Kolkata. Here is how the Kolkata Police and CISF convinced the accused constable, who was reluctant to put down his weapon, to surrender.

A paramilitary jawan was killed and another was injured after their colleague, a CISF constable, opened fire indiscriminately inside their barrack attached to the Indian Museum in Kolkata on Saturday.

Ranjit Kumar Sarani, an assistant sub-inspector, was killed. Meanwhile, ACP Suvir Ghosh, who was shot, is being treated at a nearby hospital.

The accused constable, AK Mishra, then surrendered on the condition that the police not open fire on him. But how did the Kolkata Police and CISF convince accused Mishra to surrender?

Here are the details of what happened at the incident site

As officers and teams of Kolkata Police reached the premises of the small campus of office cum barrack of CISF inside the premises of the Indian Museum, the body of ASI Sarangi was shifted. Later on, the injured Assistant Commandant Subir Ghosh was searched and sent to SSKM Hospital in an ambulance.

After failing to communicate with the accused head constable AK Mishra, he was contacted on his mobile phone and after several attempts, he picked up the phone and found to be extremely angry. After speaking for a short while, he cut the call. Mishra was then called after being requested through loud speakers to pick up the call.

After he picked up the call, officers of Kolkata Police started communication regarding several things like his home town, family members and his problems. After some time, Mishra could regain his calm but was found reluctant to come out and put his arms down. He mentioned that he had been harassed continuously for the last few months.