West Bengal | Shootout at New Town area between STF and unidentified persons; CID and police team present
Details awaited
We had info that some criminals were staying here. When we came for raid, we found Jaspreet & Jaipal, who are wanted in several cases in Punjab. We tried to arrest them but they resisted & fired at us. In retaliation, we also fired & they were shot dead: VK Goyal, ADG, Bengal STF
An inspector has been hospitalised after being injured. Both (Jaspreet & Jaipal) had bounty of Rs 10 lakhs & Rs 5 lakhs respectively & were involved in many cases incl murder & bank robbery. Rs 7 lakh cash, 5 weapons, 89 live rounds of ammunition seized: Vineet K Goyal, ADG, STF
They (Jaspreet & Jaipal) are accused of killing two ASIs in Punjab last week. They were involved in other crimes including robbery & dacoity. Punjab Police have confirmed their identity. A team of Punjab Police has arrived here: Vineet Kumar Goyal, ADG, West Bengal STF in Kolkata
As per info, Jaipal (killed in an encounter with STF in Kolkata today) was absconding since 2014 & during all these years, he had committed many heinous crimes & was wanted in more than 25 sensational criminal cases: Punjab Police
Jaipal (killed in an encounter with STF in Kolkata today) was presently involved in smuggling of drugs from across the border in close collaboration with major drug smugglers based in Pakistan: Punjab Police
Punjab Police today arrested Ludhiana-resident Bharat Kumar from near Shambhu border in Rajpura & recovered a .30 bore pistol. Bharat is a close accomplice of Jaipal & was providing logistic support to him in MP's Gwalior after Jaipal & Jaspreet fled from Punjab: DGP Dinkar Gupta
West Bengal: Forensic team visited New Town area, Kolkata for investigation where the encounter took place between STF & criminals. Bodies were taken for post-mortem after the investigation.
Kolkata STF shot two wanted criminals from Punjab dead during an encounter y'day.
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