A dreaded criminal from the Gwalior-Chambal region in Madhya Pradesh was killed in an encounter near laxmangarh village here on Friday, police claimed.
Inspector General (IG) Gwalior range, Adarsh Katiyar said that Ravi Kirar alias Shera carrying a reward of Rs30,000 was killed in an encounter between a police party and a group of dreaded criminals.
Acting on a tip-off that Kirar was trying to flee to adjoining Uttar Pradesh, police surrounded the area and asked him to surrender when he was spotted riding a motorcycle along with his companion but he started firing at the police party forcing them to retaliate.
Kirar was killed on the spot while his accomplice managed to escape from there, the IG said. Shera was shot with five bullets and was killed on the spot. The police recovered 130 bore pistol, three magzines and one motorcycle from near the body.
The police officer said Kirar, who was released four months ago from jail after serving sentence in a case had formed his own gang, which killed five persons in last few months besides indulging in several loots and extortions. The gang was also involved in recent murders of Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI), RS Gautam and constable Rakesh Gurjar.
The SSP Gwalior Santosh Kumar Singh said that he was tipped off that Shera was to pass through laxmangarh at 6 am on Friday. The informer also said that he was accompanied by another miscreant. Both of them were riding a Hero Honda bike without registration number. On this, the SSP deployed a crime branch team in the operation.
Addl SP crime branch Pratibha Mathew put an ambush at Ashok Dhaba near laxmangarh with her team.
At about 6.30 am, two youth were seen coming on a bike without number. The crime branch team intercepted the bike. At this Shera fired at the police jeep with a pistol. After that the miscreants fire continually and accelerated the bike. later, in the encounter, the miscreant was killed.