News Desk:  Two most wanted criminals based in Punjab were killed in an encounter amidst a shootout at a residential complex in New Town, Kolkata  on Wednesday. According to sources one police officer has been injured.

Acting on information a team of STF raided the complex where the miscreants, alleged to be arms dealers, were hiding. The area is under search by police officers from Bidhan Nagar Police Station.

According to reports, Jaipal Singh Bhullar, wanted in connection with the killing of two assistant sub-inspectors in Jagraon, was among the two people killed in the encounter. He was a most-wanted man in Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh for over 40 cases related to robbery, murder, extortion, kidnapping among others.

There has been no official statement from the Punjab police yet.