Suspected gangster shot dead in Mangalore

Mangalore: A suspected gangster was killed in an encounter with police near Gurupura on the outskirts of the city in the wee hours on Friday.

The incident occurred when some unidentified gangsters fired at police in the wee hours when they was checking their vehicle at Gurupura, Superintendent of Police, S P Satheesh Kumar told PTI.

The trio was coming in a car from Mulky when police stopped them for routine checking. However, the trio fired at the police which returned the fire, injuring one of the members.

The two others managed to escape leaving the car behind.

The injured was take to a hospital where he died, he said.

A pistol and a revolver was recovered from the site of the encounter.