Coaching centre firing case: Patna court stays arrest of ‘Khan Sir’

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Educator ‘Khan Sir’ speaks to the media following a firing incident outside his coaching institute, in Patna. File | Photo Credit: ANI

A local court in Patna on Tuesday (June 9, 2026) stayed the arrest of popular educator and YouTuber Faisal Khan, also known as “Khan Sir”, in connection with a firing that happened at his coaching institute on the night of June 2.

Earlier, Mr. Khan’s lawyer Arwind Kumar Mahuar had filed an anticipatory bail petition at Patna district court. Since then, Mr. Khan is said to have been untraceable.

Meanwhile, sources close to Mr. Khan told The Hindu that he is likely to approach the Patna High Court for quashing of the FIR lodged against him at Patna’s Kadamkuan police station on June 4. Mr. Khan was named in the FIR related to the firing incident by his two security guards who had told police that they had fired in the air after receiving “instructions” from Mr. Khan.

“The court has stayed his (Mr. Khan’s) arrest till further orders, and ordered for presenting the case diary and other antecedents of the guards who were earlier arrested by the Patna police and their weapons that were seized for forensic test on the next hearing date,” said Mr. Khan’s lawyer.

“Relevant facts have been presented before the judge who provided the legal relief to the petitioner,” Mr. Mahuar told media persons while asserting that his client “has no direct involvement in the incident”.

“The case stems from a violent confrontation that the police say was linked to a rivalry between Khan Global Studies (KGS) and another coaching Institute,” he added further.

While hearing the case on Tuesday (June 9, 2026), the court clarified that “investigators are free to question Mr. Khan in connection with the case but no coercive or punitive action, including arrest can be taken against him while the interim protection remains in force”.

The court also rejected the bail plea of Raushan Anand, the rival coaching institute owner and teacher who was earlier arrested in the case al