Overview
- The Special Task Force and Begusarai district police acted on a tip-off and confronted Dayanand Malakar, also known as Chotu, in the Teghra area on Wednesday evening.
- According to an STF statement, Malakar fired at officers as he tried to flee, security personnel returned fire, and he was later declared dead at a government hospital.
- Two associates were arrested at the scene during the operation, authorities said.
- Police recovered a 5.56 mm INSAS rifle, a country-made pistol, 25 live cartridges, and 15 spent cartridges from the site.
- Malakar carried a Rs 50,000 bounty, and no security personnel were reported injured in the encounter.