Patna: Renowned Bihar educator and prominent YouTuber Faizal Khan, widely known as "Khan Sir," has been booked for attempted murder and under the Arms Act. The development comes after his two private security guards allegedly confessed to the police that he had ordered them to open fire on a crowd during a violent clash outside his coaching institute in Patna on June 2.
The First Information Report (FIR), registered at the Kadamkuan police station, invokes Section 109 (attempt to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) along with provisions of the Arms Act. The case names Khan Sir, his two guards, and several unidentified associates for allegedly firing weapons and inducing public panic, marking a sharp turn in the investigation just a day after Patna police had publicly stated that local inquiries and CCTV footage yielded no initial evidence of gunfire.
The underlying violence erupted at around 10:10 PM on June 2 outside the Khan Global Studies (KGS) center in Patna's Musallahpur area. According to law enforcement, a group of 15 to 20 individuals vandalized the premises, tearing down banners and pelting bricks and stones. Khan Sir initially attributed the attack to business rivals, claiming that individuals had previously threatened to "blow up" his institute and that eight to ten rounds of gunfire were shot at his center by outside elements.
Acting on Khan's initial complaint, police arrested three individuals linked to a rival establishment, Gyan Bindu Coaching Institute, including its director, Raushan Anand. However, the focus of the investigation shifted after videos and photographs showing men firing weapons outside KGS began circulating widely on social media. Sub-Inspector Anil Kumar led a verification team to the site, where local residents identified the men in the footage as Khan Sir's private security guards. When contacted by the police, Khan Sir confirmed their identities, noting that their licensed rifles had been procured through a Noida-based private security agency.
The two guards—identified as Pradeep Kumar, 38, and Talebar Singh, 34, both hailing from Uttar Pradesh—were subsequently arrested. According to the police complaint, the guards detailed a very different sequence of events during their interrogation.
They stated that on the night of June 2, a hostile crowd gathered outside the institute, assaulted a fellow guard named Chun Chun, and created a severe disturbance. The guards claimed that as the chaos escalated, Khan Sir intervened directly and told both of them, "What are you looking at? Shoot at the crowd immediately, I will handle whatever happens." Following these alleged instructions, both guards admitted to firing two rounds each from their rifles to disperse the crowd, prompting the police to continue their investigation into the exact sequence of events and the validity of the conflicting claims.