New Delhi
\nPolice killed four shooters including two wanted in the murder case of India rapper Sidhu Moose Wala in an encounter.
\nAn India-based news agency quoted officials saying the accused Manpreet Singh alias Mannu Kussa and Jagdeep Rupa were shot dead in the Amritsar district of Punjab state. The report stated an investigation of the other two\u2019s involvement in the singer\u2019s murder on May 29 is ongoing.
\nThree cops and a cameraman sustained injuries in the near five-hour shootout. Their condition was not critical.
\nManpreet Singh and Jagdeep Rupa were alleged members of the Jaggu Bhagwanpuria gang, which allegedly provided shooters to key suspect Lawrence Bishnoi to commit the Sidhu Moose Wala\u2019s murder which took place.
\n\u201cManpreet Manu and Jagdeep Bhai Rupa have been killed in an encounter. Both were wanted in the Sidhu Moosewala murder case,\u201d the Additional Director General of Police of the Anti Gangster Task Force Promod Ban said.
\nPolice claimed they tracked down Manu and Rupa in a secluded house, ownerd by local resident identified as Balwinder Singh, close to the Bhakna village. The investigators are looking into whether he has links to the murder.
\nA cop recalled them opening fire after being asked to surrender.
\nPunjab\u2019s Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav claimed an AK-47, bullets and a bag were found.
\nAccording to officials, Manu and Rupa were on the move from Punjab after Sidhu Moosewala was killed. They had recently returned to Rajasthan state. A CCTV camera caught the two on a bike in Tarn Taran.
\nThe killings of Mannu and Rupa mean that only Deepak Mundi remains to be arrested.
\nThe cops said Manpreet Singh alias Mannu Kussa and Jagdeep Rupa were part of the modules of the singer\u2019s killing.
\n\u201cManu and Rupa were in one car, and Manu fired the first burst at Moosewala. There were four other shooters in the second module travelling in an SUV, including Priyavrat, Kashish, Ankit Sirsa and Deepak Mundi. The SUV was following the car and shooters in both the vehicles fired at Moosewala. Except Mundi, the three shooters in the second module have been arrested by the Delhi Police,\u201d a police officer said.
\nIt is pertinent to mention that a special team of Delhi Police took remand of Lawrence Bishnoi days after the artist\u2019s killing. A series of high-profile arrests, including that of \u201cshooters\u201d Priyavrat, Kashish and Ankit Sirsa along with Keshav Kumar who is said to be involved in providing vehicles and letting them escape.
\nPunjab Police said the information they got from Manu and Rupa\u2019s partner Parmdalip Singh helped them in tracing the two down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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