Summary:
Jodhpur, Oct 14 (PTI) A man, wanted in several criminal cases, was killed in an encounter with police here, police said on Thursday.
However, the family members of Lovely Kandara said he was killed in a fake encounter for being a Dalit.
Police said Kandara was a history-sheeter and 12 cases, including attempt to murder, were registered against him.
They said Kandara succumbed to bullet injuries he sustained in police’s retaliatory firing after he opened fire on them while they tried to nab him in the Ratanada area on Wednesday evening.
His three accomplices, who also have criminal records, were arrested by police and arms and ammunition was seized from them, they added.
After Kandara’s death, his family members and villagers gathered at the MDM Hospital morgue and termed his killing as murder by police.