India, July 17 -- Chandan Mishra, a convicted gangster facing a life sentence in a murder case, was shot dead inside a private hospital in Patna on Thursday morning in what police suspect was a fallout of an ongoing gang rivalry.

Once sentenced to death for the 2011 murder of trader Rajendra Keshri, Chandan's punishment was later commuted to life imprisonment by the Patna High Court on February 12, 2020.

He was serving his term at Beur Central Jail and had recently been released on a 15-day parole for medical treatment, which was set to end on July 18. However, he could not escape his criminal past.

On Thursday, a group of five men entered Paras Hospital under the jurisdiction of Shastri Nagar police station area near Raja Bazar, barge...