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In West Bengal, police killed a man accused of opening fire at a constable in Santiniketan, Birbhum district, on November 13. The accused, identified as Ratan Sheikh, was shot dead in a gunfight with police on Sunday while trying to evade arrest, according to a senior officer. The incident is described as the fifth killing of an accused in police encounters in the state within six months of the BJP taking power, with a civil‑society group calling it an “extrajudicial execution”. The chief minister warned there is “no place for goons and rapists” in Bengal.
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Kolkata: A man accused of opening fire at a police constable at Santiniketan in West Bengal's Birbhum district on November 13 was killed in a gunfight with the law enforcers on Sunday, a senior officer said. Ratan Sheikh was killed after he opened fire at a police team while trying to evade arrest…
