Beas: A wanted notorious criminal was shot dead in an encounter with the police in the Beas area on Wednesday while the other accused has managed to flee.
Exchange of shots took place in Beas area when the police brought two accused to the site to recover weapons and the two accused opened fire at the police party.
The notorious criminal killed has been identified as Gursharan Singh, he was allegedly involved in the killing of commission agent Gurdeep Singh.
According to DIG Satinder Singh, the police had arrested three accused in the murder of Gurdeep Singh and they were brought to the city today and during questioning the accused revealed that they had hid their weapons near the river here.
When Police brought two of the three accused here, they pushed the police personnel to pick up their weapons and started firing at police.
He added that when police retaliated, one was killed while other accused Paras jumped into the Beas River to escape. However, the manhunt is on to nab him.