A convicted prisoner was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Thursday morning in Patna, police said. The assailants barged into the private hospital and shot dead the convicted prisoner, Hindustan Times reported.

The incident took place in the Shastri Nagar police station area near Raja Bazar, where the assailants entered the victim’s private room and fired multiple bullets before fleeing the scene.

Patna SSP Kartikey K Sharma confirmed that the deceased has been identified as Chandan Mishra alias Chandan Singh, a history sheeter of Shahabad range-cum-gold robbery. The police have recovered multiple bullet shells from the crime scene, according to Hindustan Times.