3 extortionists shot dead

The duo have been identified as Ravindra Shankar Jagtap and Chandrashekhar Rao. According to the police, they were independent operators and were involved in several cases of murder, extortion, assault and threats.The other encounter happened at around 3.15 pm. The police were tipped off about a suspiciously movingred-coloured van near Polychem company at Piramal Nagar in Goregaon.

A police team from the Goregaon police reached the spot and ordered the passengers to come out. Instead one of them started firing at the police. Sub-inspector Nitin Vichare who led the police team fired back. In the exchange of fire, the shooter, who had fired four rounds by then, was injured. He was taken to Bhagwati Hospital where he was declared dead before admission. The van driver, however, managed to escape.