In an encounter with Assam Police on Wednesday, dreaded criminal of the state Bubu Konwar gunned down at Geleki area in Sivsagar district.
Taking to Twitter, earlier Assam Police Special DGP GP Singh informed, “One veteran criminal Bubu Konwar has been grievously injured in exchange of fire with @SivasagarPolat Geleky, Sibsagar when he targeted the police team. Has been taken to hospital. One pistol has been recovered from his possession. @assampolice”
One veteran criminal Bubu Konwar has been grievously injured in exchange of fire with @SivasagarPol at Geleky, Sibsagar when he targeted the police team. Has been taken to hospital. One pistol has been recovered from his possession. @assampolice
— GP Singh (@gpsinghassam) June 23, 2021
During the operation, the police team recovered one pistol, one magazine, five live ammunition, four fired ammunition, two mobile handsets, one lighter, cash Rs 1100, 10 plastic containers containing suspected drugs, one two-wheeler vehicle, one helmet from his possession.
Bubu Konwar, a dreaded criminal, had as many as 14 cases registered against him in different police stations in the Sivasagar district alone, including a murder case of a Congress worker of Amguri Hemanta Bora.
The dreadful criminal in 2016 had admitted he had murdered at least 42 people. By then at least 50 cases, including seven murders and 27 car thefts were registered across districts of the state.
