Punjab’smost wanted gangster Jaipal Bhullar and his close aide JassiKharar, who were wanted in connection with thekilling of two assistant sub-inspectors in Jagraon, has been killed in an encounternear Kolkata on Wednesday, sources informed.
JaipalSingh Bhullar alias Manjit Singh, son of a retired Assistant-Sub-Inspector fromPunjab police, is one of the most dreaded and sharpest gangsters of the region.He was wanted in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh for over 40cases related to murder, extortion, kidnapping, robbery and smuggling.
Hewas the only gangster in the region who has mastered the art of surreptitiousmovement, not using mobile phones at all, forming trigger-happy gangs across states.
Meanwhile,no official statement from Punjab Police in this regard has been received sofar. However sources informed that Organised Crime Unit of Punjab Police and Kolkata Police have jointly carried out this encounter at ShahpurjiEnclave in Kolkata around 3:30pm today. Besides, an officer of Kolkata Police force was critically injured during the encounter, sources informed.
The Punjab Police have been chasing the gangster since May 15after he along with his aides shot dead two Punjab Police ASIs in New GrainMarket of Jagraon, Ludhiana.
Thepolice had booked gangster Jaipal Singh Bhullar of Ferozepur, Baljinder Singhalias Babbu of Moga, Jaspreet Singh of Kharar, and Darshan Singh of Ludhianadistrict for the murder of the two policemen.
LuckyRajput alias Lucky, a resident of Ludhiana, who had allegedly actively assistedthe killers of the two ASIs was arrested on June 1. Earlier, police hadarrested Darshan Singh and Baljinder Singh from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh.