India, Aug. 3 -- One of Jharkhand's most notorious gangsters, Sujit Sinha, was killed in a police encounter late on Sunday night in Jamtara district after he allegedly tried to escape while being shifted from Sahibganj Mandal Jail to Dhanbad Jail, police said.

Sinha was being escorted in a convoy of four vehicles when one of the escort vehicles suffered a tyre puncture near Supaideeh village under Jamtara police station limits on the Sahibganj-Govindpur highway, people familiar with the developments said.

According to them, while Sinha was being shifted to another vehicle, he asked to use the toilet. As soon as he was taken out, he allegedly snatched a security personnel's rifle and attempted to flee. Police alleged that he also opened ...