Three gangsters, suspected to be involved in the kidnapping of businessman Niranjan Lisaria last month, were killed in a police encounter at Chandannagar near Pune on Saturday. A police team had gone to arrest the three gangsters on the basis of information provided by two persons arrested in connection with the kidnap case, police said.
However, the gangsters fired at the police and were killed in the encounter, police added. Lisaria, a businessman from Nigdi, was kidnapped on December 15 for ransom of Rs one crore. However, he was released 10 days later.
Bureau Report