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“A erstwhile Army officer, accused of murdering 3 radical successful Chandauli district, Uttar Pradesh, was killed successful an encounter,” a constabulary serviceman said connected Tuesday (May 12, 2026), adding that 2 personnel, including a sub-inspector, were besides injured.
Superintendent of Police Akash Patel said the slayer was identified arsenic Gurpreet Singh (46), a nonmigratory of Amritsar, Punjab. Singh was accused of randomly sidesplitting 2 radical successful a bid and a idiosyncratic astatine a infirmary wrong 24 hours.
The brushwood took spot connected Monday (May 11, 2026), astatine astir 10.30 p.m., erstwhile Singh was being taken to Sakaldiha colony to recreate the transgression scene.
“En route, Singh snatched a pistol from a policeman and attempted to fly by firing astatine the team,” the superintendent of constabulary said. “When chased by the police, Singh fired astatine them again, but was changeable successful the thorax and abdomen successful retaliatory fire, Mr. Patel said.
“Singh was taken to a hospital, wherever doctors pronounced him dead. A sub-inspector and a constable besides sustained gunshot wounds and are undergoing attraction astatine the hospital,” Mr. Patel added.
Giving inheritance details of Singh, Mr. Patel said that aft retiring from the Army, the 46-year-old worked arsenic a information defender successful Bihar. However, helium was dismissed owed to excessive intoxicant consumption, and arsenic a result, his intelligence information worsened. Singh carried retired his archetypal execution connected May 10 portion travelling betwixt Prayagraj and Chandauli.
“In the morning, Singh killed a antheral named Mangru, a nonmigratory of Zamania successful Ghazipur territory of Uttar Pradesh, connected the PDD-Tarighat Passenger train,” the superintendent of constabulary said.
“Subsequently, astir 2 a.m. connected May 11, Singh changeable different rider successful the caput portion travelling connected the Jammu-Tawi Express,” helium added. Then connected the aforesaid day, Singh entered a backstage infirmary posing arsenic a diligent and murdered a patient, Laxmina Devi, a nonmigratory of Bhabhua successful Bihar.
After shooting her successful the temple, Singh tried to flee, but a assemblage apprehended him and handed him implicit to the police. Mr. Patel said during interrogation, Singh denied having immoderate idiosyncratic vendetta oregon quality with the 3 victims helium murdered. “The assemblage of Singh has been sent for post-mortem examination,” Mr. Patel said.
