Cops Involved In Anandpal Encounter Face Probe, Court Rejects CBI Report

On July 24, 2017, Anandpal was killed in a village in Churu, in what the police claimed was an encounter.

The Rajasthan Police's role in the encounter of gangster Anandpal will be investigated, a special court in Jodhpur ruled today, rejecting the CBI's closure report of 2020. The four police officers who took part in the encounter will be investigated for murder, the court said.

On July 24, 2017, Anandpal was killed in a village in Churu, in what the police claimed was an encounter.

The gangster, who was hiding in a second floor room of a house, had fired on the police team with automatic weapons. He died in retaliatory firing, the police has contended.