Punjab gangsters killed in Kolkata encounter
The Hindu
A policeman suffered bullet injuries in the operation.
Two alleged gangsters from Punjab were killed in an encounter with the Special Task Force (STF) of the West Bengal police in the New town area of Kolkata on Wednesday afternoon. Officials of the STF said a policemen suffered bullet injuries in the operation and had been hospitalised. “Jaypal (Bhullar) and Jaspreet (Singh) had killed two ASIs [Assisant sub inspectors] in Ludhiana, Punjab, on May 15. There was a cash reward on them,” Additional Director-General of Police, STF, Vineet Kumar Goyal told presspersons. The police said the two gangsters had been hiding in the city for the past few days.
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