The Tribune, January 13, 2003

Criminal killed

New Delhi: An inter-state criminal, who was involved in many cases of murder, kidnapping for ransom and extortion, was killed today evening in an encounter near Palam Road in the South-West district. One English Webly Scot revolver was recovered from his possession. Acting on the information a police team, at around 6 p.m. the criminal, Jitender Sharma alias Harish Sharma alias Bittoo, a resident of Bhiwani, Haryana, was spotted on Palam Road. On seeing the police team, he started firing at SI Rajkumar. However, the SI was unhurt as he was wearing a bullet-proof jacket. When the police retaliated, the criminal was killed. The police said that Jitender had escaped twice from police custody and is a dreaded criminal.