Haryana Police on Monday claimed that infamous gangster Balraj Bhatti has been killed in police firing in an operation conducted by Gurugram’s Special Task Force (STF) at Sector 49 in Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
Apart from two head constables of Gurugram’s STF namely Rajkumar and Bhupinder, a seven year old child and a civilian were also injured in the encounter, said a spokesman of Police Department.
He said that police of three states of Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh had been trying to capture Bhatti for a long time as he was wanted in many cases of murder, robbery, gang wars and kidnappings.
The STF headed by Deputy Superintendent of Police, Rahuldev had got a tip off that the most wanted criminal Balraj Bhatti would come near Sector 37 over bridge Noida to collect extortion money.
The team immediately reached Noida around 9.30 am and took the help of local STF UP and Noida Police and waited for his Swift car at Sector 37 overbridge. When his vehicle was intercepted he tried to escape from the spot, whipped out his weapon and opened fire at the team the spokesman said.
The STF teams chased his vehicle and when he reached Sector 49, the tyre of the car in which Bhatti war travelling got burst in exchange of fire. Thereafter, the three accused including Balraj Bhati tried to flee the spot while firing at the police party.
One of the teams was behind Bhatti who was firing non-stop and climbed a roof top and kept firing, in which three civilians including a child and two of our head constables were injured. In the retaliatory firing, dreaded criminal Balraj Bhatti was killed, the spokesman said.