 | Technically this was a "encounter" rather than a true Crossfire™, but it's all the same at the end... |
| ... not quite, where's the shutter gun? ... |
A former member of Arun Gawli's gang was killed in a police encounter at Poisar on Tuesday afternoon. He was wanted in extortion cases and was absconding for the past four to five years. | Twelve systems, etc. etc. |
Sudhakar Mirgad (32) is the sixth criminal to be killed in encounters this year. Acting on a tip-off, the crime branch unit 11—led by inspector Pradeep Sharma—laid a trap around 2.45 pm near Kamlavihar Sports complex at Kandivli where Mirgad was expected to meet an associate. | "Congrats! You may already be a winner!" |
When Mirgad arrived at the spot and stepped out of his autorickshaw, the police ordered him to surrender. However, Mirgad allegedly fired at the police. | Don't they always? Stupid criminals. |
| ... a snub-nose .38, accurate to about, oh, 4 feet or so ... |
| Did he throw the gun at them when he ran out of rounds of bullet? |
The police fired three rounds in retaliation, thus injuring Mirgad.
| "Ow!... Ow!... Ooooow! Y'got me, coppers! I'm injured!" |
He was rushed to Bhagwati Hospital and declared dead before admission. A .38 bore Smith and Wesson revolver and a telephone diary was recovered from Mirgad. The police are going through the dairy. | No country-made weapons for savvy Mumbaians, no sirree. Sayonara, Sudhakar. |
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