India, Oct. 24 -- Four members of the self-styled 'Sigma & Company' gang, who were killed in a police encounter, had not only publicised their killings on social media earlier but also circulated notes to local journalists, justifying their actions and claiming to have delivered mrityudand (death penalty) to their victim, officials said.

The accused, identified as gang leader Ranjan Pathak (25), Bimlesh Mahto alias Bimlesh Sahni (25), Manish Pathak (33) and Aman Thakur (21), were gunned down in a shootout with a joint team of the Delhi Police Crime Branch and Bihar Police in Rohini in the early hours of Thursday, police said.

Ranjan, who carried a cash reward of '50,000 announced by Bihar Police and was described as a 'dreaded criminal'...