Dacoit who had looted city fin firm shot dead in Bihar

Nagpur: Manishsingh, a close aide of dreaded dacoit Subodhsingh, and two of his accomplices were shot dead in an encounter by the Special Task Force (STF) in Bhojpur district of Bihar on Saturday evening.

Three persons were also arrested from the place. Manishsingh, a close aide of dreaded dacoit Subodhsingh, was involved in the daring dacoity at a financial institute at Jaripatka in September 2016 from where he had decamped with more than 31kg gold and cash worth Rs 10 lakh.

Subodhsingh-led gang had committed several dacoities across India before the mastermind was apprehended.

The gang is involved in several cases and the police were after other members of the gang.

Nagpur police had earlier arrested Subodh’s wife Janhvi. Manishsingh had been leading the gang in the absence of Subodh.