New Delhi (India) June 6: A FIR was registered on Friday by the Patna police against educator Faisal Khan, popular by the name Khan Sir, when his security guards opened fire in the air, after some persons vandalized Khan Sir's coaching institute on June 2. 

Two of his security guards were arrested and booked under attempt to murder and Arms Act charges for opening fire outside the premises of the institute located in Musallahpur Hat area, under the Kadamkuan police station.

Security Staff Claim Khan Sir Ordered Firing

The investigators had registered the FIR. When the security guards were asked by the police officials during the interrogation about the fire, they said that Khan Sir gave them the command. The guards also added that Khan Sir asked them to shoot the crowd gathered at the entrance of the institute and also said that one guard was severely beaten by them. 

A police officer said, “The FIR was registered based on the statement of assistant sub-inspector Anil Kumar under Section 109 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and sections 25, 27, and 35 of the Arms Act (relating to possession of illegal arms, and unlawful use of firearm. The guards confessed that they fired two rounds each after Khan told them to fire and assured them he would handle the fallout.” 

Khan Sir Says Guards Acted in Self-Defence

In a video, Khan Sir himself said that the security guards had fired in self-defence. “There was a scuffle going on. I knew police would take time to reach. Police cannot fly to the spot. So the guards fired in self-defence,” he said.

Khan Sir himself was seen showing to the students the CCTV footage of the incident and complaining that an individual taking away a student of the coaching center has not been arrested till now and the real issue is being diluted. 

Students Rally in Support Outside Institute

Thousands of students also came out in the streets in order to support Khan Sir outside Khan Global Studies. More police force was sent and students were later requested to disperse off the institute premises. 

Police made an appeal to students to not fall prey to the traps of coaching institutions, extend full cooperation to the administration and stated that an impartial inquiry is being carried out.

Rival Coaching Centre Director Held in Case

It had been a few days that Khan Sir claimed eight to ten rounds of gunfire took place outside the Khan Global Studies Coaching Center as a group of people vandalized the institute premises in Musallahpur of Patna. He had stated that few individuals attacked his institution and that his business rivals are behind the incident. 

Raushan Anand, the director of the rival coaching center was arrested along with two other persons in relation to the vandalism case. It is being stated that the animosity between the coaching centers is because they often lay claim to student success in Bihar police exams.