Bhubaneswar: Notorious gangster Sk Hyder has succumbed to the bullet injuries sustained by him during his encounter by the police.
The gangster’s death was confirmed by the ADMO of Balasore district headquarters hospital Dr Mrutyunjay Mishra.
“Hyder is no more. He has been declared dead,” informed Dr Mishra.
He stated that Hyder was received at the hospital in a very critical condition and died within 4-5 minutes of his arrival at the hospital.
However, Dr Mishra declined to comment on the number of bullet shots received by the gangster.
“That can be ascertained after post mortem,” he said responding to queries by the media.
Hyder’s post-mortem will be conducted at the Balasore DHH, he added.
Sources said the gangster’s post-mortem will be conducted tomorrow.
The gangster was injured in an encounter by the police.
The incident occurred while Hyder was being shifted to Baripada jail from Choudwar Circle Jail.
Before the gangster was declared dead by the ADMO Balasore DHH, Commissioner of Police Bhubaneswar-Cuttack Soumendra Priyadarshi speaking to reporters at Cuttack had informed that the encounter had taken place when the gangster was being shifted from the Choudwar Circle jail to Baripada jail for security reasons.
Priyadarshi said that while Hyder accompanied by the escort party was passing near Simulia in Balasore district at around 3.20 PM, the former expressed his desire to attend nature’s call and when he was alighting from the vehicle snatched a firearm from a member of the escort party and tried to escape.
He was warned but since he didn’t stop, the escort party fired at him in a controlled manner to prevent him from escaping, Priyadarshi added.
The Police Commissioner said that the escort party comprised of an Inspector, a Sub Inspector and a section of armed policemen of Cuttack police.
In April this year, Hyder escaped from police custody while undergoing treatment at SCB Medical College in Cuttack. Following a massive manhunt, he was arrested from Telangana.
Hyder was involved in gang wars in Kendrapara district and his name came to the fore after killing Sk Chuna, brother of his arch-rival Suleiman in Kendrapara in 2005.
He was arrested the same year from Nagpur for the murder and was awarded life imprisonment in 2011.
In 2015, he was sentenced to life again for his involvement in the kidnapping and murder of mineral trader Rashmi Ranjan Mahapatra.
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