{
  "id": 20212959,
  "title": "West Bengal: Wanted Criminal Involved In 36 Cases Killed In Police Encounter After Firing At Constable",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/west-bengal-wanted-criminal-involved-in-36-cases-killed-in-police",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-15T18:50:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/west-bengal-wanted-criminal-involved-in-36-cases-killed-in-police-encounter-after-firing-at-constable"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In Birbhum district of West Bengal, a criminal named Ratan Sheikh was involved in 36 criminal cases and was killed in a police encounter after firing at a constable. The incident took place within 48 hours of the constable getting injured by open firing by Sheikh at Birbhum district.\n\nSheikh was caught by the police on Sunday at a brick kiln in Nanur, where he had hidden the firearm. During the encounter, Sheikh was found with the weapon he had used to fire at the constable on Friday. Upon showing the firearm, Sheikh resorted to open fire again, leading to a counter-fire by the policemen, resulting in Sheikh's death. He was declared dead on arrival at Nanur hospital, confirmed a senior police officer.\n\nChief Minister Suvendu Adhikari warned criminals and people possessing illegal firearms to leave the state, stating that the deceased had injured a constable and that those goons with illegal firearms and rapists can leave the state. The incident occurred two days after the constable was injured, and Chief Minister Adhikari had visited the injured constable Biswajit Das at Burdwan Medical College and Hospital to check on his condition.",
  "summary": "Kolkata: Within 48 hours, after a cop got injured by open firing by a miscreant identified as Ratan Sheikh at Birbhum district, police on Sunday caught Sheikh and took him to the brick kiln where he had hidden the firearm and was encountered there. This is the fifth encounter after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in Bengal. According to police sources, Sheikh, who was wanted in at…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Fifth encounter in 5 months as criminal who injured cop killed in Bengal’s Birbhum",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/fifth-encounter-in-5-months-as-criminal-who-injured-cop-killed-in",
        "published": "2026-11-15T13:37:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Bengal police shoot dead ‘criminal’ who allegedly opened fire at cop two days ago; fifth encounter in 6 months",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/15/bengal-police-shoot-dead-criminal-who-allegedly-opened-fire-at-cop",
        "published": "2026-11-15T14:06:07.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}