PUNE: A criminal and a associate were killed in a shootout with police officials on the outskirts of Pune city. The criminal was said to be involved in the murder of an RTI activist and a BJP leader.
"Our local crime branch officials received a tip-off that Dabhade and his aide Dhananjay Shinde were hiding in the forest near Chakan," Superintendent of Police Jay Jadhav said.
"After conducting combing operation for the whole night, Dabhade and his aide were located near windmills close to Varsai and they were asked to surrender by our four teams headed by senior police inspector Ram Jadhav," he said.
The criminals fired eight rounds on the Police in place of surrendering. "In the retaliatory fire, both were injured seriously and taken to Chakan rural hospital where they were declared brought dead," the SP said.
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