Five persons suspected to be involved in the armed bank robberies were killed here in a police encounter early on Thursday Feb 23,2012.Acting on a tip-off from a person, who had seen the CCTV camera grab of one of the suspects that was released on Wednesday, the police raided a Housing Board colony on Nethaji Road in Velachery around 1 a.m. on Thursday.
It was in Plot No. 335 that the encounter took place between midnight on Wednesday and 1 a.m. on Thursday. While those living in flats and independent houses very close to the scene of the encounter heard noises, some of them identifying it clearly as gunfire, some others had no clue about the encounter until early morning on Thursday
A 14-member police team spilt into two groups and fired through the windows of the one-bedroom apartment and all the five suspects, estimated to be around 30-35 years old, were killed. They are all believed to be from Bihar. A West Bengal driving licence was recovered. The victims have been identified as Vinod Kumar, Chandri Khare, Vinay Prasad, Abhay Kumar, and Harish Kumar.
Inside the room, two bags containing wads of cash were found. The bags also contained five pistols and two revolvers
Two policemen, Ravi and Christian Jayasil, were injured in the crossfire and are being treated at the Royapettah Govt. Hospital, Chennai.
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