Patna: Six police personnel, including a sub-inspector (SI), were suspended with immediate effect by Patna senior superintendent of police (SSP) Avakash Kumar on Sunday for negligence of duty and not taking required action despite being informed about a firing incident on Boring Canal Road in the city on Saturday.Those suspended are SI Ashok Kumar Singh of Secretariat police station, assistant SIs Manoj Kumar Rajak and Dhananjay Kumar of Kotwali police station, PCR (police control room) constables Jussi Kumari and Neerja Kumari, and constable Rajiv Kumar posted in City SP (central) office.“Following preliminary investigation, the officers/employees have been suspended for not fulfilling their duties and failing to take necessary action upon learning about the shooting incident near Hartali More within Kotwali police station’s jurisdiction between 3.30pm and 5pm on May 24. The investigation is on, and subsequent actions will be determined based on additional findings,” the SSP said in the suspension notice. Kumar added vis-à-vis the shooting incident, the police, with the help of technical evidence, identified both the criminals and the vehicle involved. “A special team has been formed, and they are actively conducting raids to apprehend the criminals who remain at large,” he said.The firing took place on Saturday evening, after the miscreants’ black SUV, without a license plate, hit a stationary car on Boring Canal Road. This led to a heated argument of the SUV passengers with the car’s owner, before the local residents drove them away. They, however, returned after some time and opened fire, before escaping through Hartali Mor, where additional director general of police (law and order) Pankaj Darad was present coincidentally and witnessed the scene.He gave a chase to the SUV up to Patna GPO roundabout, but the criminals managed to escape.Saket Kumar, Secretariat sub-divisional police officer-II, said only one empty bullet shell was recovered from the spot near Pant Bhawan but four to eight rounds were fired. “So far, the police could not ascertain whether the accused have any criminal history. There were a total of four people in the black SUV,” he told this newspaper.