A most wanted criminal of Bhiwani district was killed in an encounter with the Rohtak police in Kalanaur town on Monday morning.
Kolbeer Singh, carrying a reward of Rs2 lakh, was wanted in as many as 14 cases of heinous crimes likes robbery, loot, attempt to murder and murder registered in different police stations of Bhiwani district. The police have also recovered two pistols and nine live cartridges from the possession of Kolbeer Singh.
“Special Staff of Inspector General of Police (IGP) Rohtak had received a tip-off in the wee hours on Monday that Kolbeer was hiding in the fields located on the Kalanaur-Bond road,” said a Rohtak police spokesman.
Taking swift action on the information, a team led by Sub-Inspector Azad Singh was formed to nab Kolbeer by carrying out raid in the fields. After finding out location of Kolbeer, the team laid a siege around him and asked him to surrender, he added.
“Kolbeer started firing on the policemen when they tried to nab him. The policemen also fired in retialiation in their defence and Kolbeer was killed in cross-firing after some time,” said the spokesman, adding that Anil Rao, IGP of the Rohtak Range, reached the spot on getting information about killing of the criminal and took stock of the situation.
The body was sent to PGIMS Rohtak for postmortem. A panel of doctors performed his postmortem and handed over the body to his kin this afternoon, the spokesman maintained.
The IGP has announced to felicitate members of the police team for their achievement as Kolbeer was the synonymous with terror especially in Baund Kalan village and its surrounding area as 13 cases of heinous crime were registered against him in the Baund Kalan police station.
Kolbeer was also the main accused in double murder case of Bond Kala village wherein he gunned down two youths- Rajender and Kuldeep, of the village on November 14, 2012. The crime led to villagers’ agitation wherein they not only set the Bond Police Station on fire but also damaged several other vehicles in protest against the killings. The villagers had also snatched official weapons of the police.
Though the police had launched a search operation for two days to nab Kolbeer but failed to trace him. Thereafter, he was declared most wanted criminal of Bhiwani district. The police had also announced a cash reward of Rs2 lakh on giving information leading to arrest of Kolbeer.
Kolbeer did not use mobile phones
Notorious criminal Kolbeer Singh never used mobile phones to contact his accomplices to evade police arrest. Finding that his location was difficult for the police as his whereabouts could not be traced due to absence of a mobile phone. Kolbeer Singh had entered the world of crime in 1997 with the killing of a person. The court had sentenced him to life imprisonment in 2000. He came out from jail in 2006 on parole. Thereafter, he neither returned to jail nor did the police succeed in nabbing him.