New twist in the encounter case of famous gangster Anandpal, police officers trapped, murder case will be filed

New Delhi: A new twist has come up in the encounter case of famous gangster Anandpal Singh of Rajasthan. In this case, Jodhpur court has rejected the closure report of CBI. ACJM CBI court has taken action against 5 policemen involved in this encounter. The court has ordered prosecution and investigation under section 302 against the policemen involved in the encounter.

Let us tell you that Anandpal’s encounter took place on 24 June 2017. The family had filed a case calling this encounter fake.

After the encounter of the gangster, his family members had challenged it in the court calling it a fake encounter. At the same time, CBI had given the closure report to the court in this case. In this report, the matter of fake encounter was denied. But Anandpal’s wife’s lawyer argued that Anandpal had injury marks on his body. He said that other evidence also proves that it was a fake encounter. After which the court has ordered to prosecute the then Churu SP Rahul Barhat, then Additional SP Vidya Prakash Chaudhary, DSP Suryaveer Singh Rathore, RAC Head Constable Kailash who were involved in the encounter.

The police had told that Anandpal’s companions had told them that he was hiding in Salasar. After the news was confirmed, SOG tried to capture Anandpal by laying siege. Police had told that as soon as the police team reached there, Anandpal started firing at the police from the roof of the house. SOG also fired in retaliation. Anandpal was killed in the firing. He was hit by 6 bullets. Officials had told that about 8 to 9 crore rupees were spent in catching Anandpal.

It is said that Anandpal liked underworld don Dawood Ibrahim very much. He used to read every news related to Dawood, followed it. According to police sources, when Anandpal was in jail, he used to read books written on Dawood.