Escaped gangster gunned down in encounter in Rajasthan

Yash Goyal

Jaipur, June 25 

A ‘wanted’ gangster who escaped from judicial custody 21 months ago was killed by Rajasthan Police in a shootout that lasted three hours in Churu district’s Malasar village late on Saturday night.

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Two policemen were wounded in the incident and an inspector fractured a limb,  Special Operation Group’s Inspector General of Police MN Dinesh said.

All three were taken to SMS hospital in Jaipur. There is believed to be no danger to their lives.

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Anandpal Singh had a bounty of Rs 5 lakh and has been suspected of being involved in more than two-dozen criminal cases, among them banditry and murder. He was hiding at the house of a villager in Malaser.

Fifty commandoes were involved in the gun battle. Singh was hit by six bullets and died at the encounter site.

Police found an AK 47 rifle and live cartridges. The rifle is believed to be the same one he snatched from his police escorts when he escaped from the judicial custody near Ajmer with two accomplices, Subhash Mud and Shrivallabh in Parbatsar, on September 3, 2015.

Two of his aides — his brother Vikki and Devendra alias Guttu — were arrested from Haryana's Sirsa town on Saturday.

Gattu revealed that Singh was hiding in Malasar village.