Punjab drug gangster Jaipal Bhullar gunned in Kolkata

New Delhi, June 9
In a major development, a special task force (STF) of West Bengal Police neutralized dreaded wanted criminals in Punjab, Jaipal Bhullar and his aide.

Bhullar and his aide Jaspreet Kharar had fled from Punjab after murdering two AsSIs of Punjab Police in Jagraon and taken refuge in Kolkata.

The STF team raided a residential complex in New Town in Kolkata where the two dreaded wanted criminals from Punjab were hiding. In the shootout, both the criminals were gunned down.

DGP Punjab, Dinkar Gupta stated that most wanted drug criminal and gangster Jaipal Bhullar and Jaspreet Singh have been gunned down in an operation by West Bengal STF after they fired at the STF police team when they raided their apartment.

The police informed that one STF officer was also injured in the encounter.

According to reports, Jaipal Singh Bhullar, wanted in connection with the killing of two assistant sub-inspectors in Jagraon, was among the two people killed in the encounter. He was wanted in Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh for over 40 cases related to robbery, murder, extortion, kidnapping among others.

Senior STF officials are present on the spot. Teams of CID and bomb disposal are also present at the spot.

Both criminals had a bounty of Rs 10 lakh on them announced by Punjab Police.