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ACP Rajbir shot dead
Controversial cop and encounter specialist Rajbir Singh was shot dead by a property dealer inside his office on the Mehrauli-Gurgaon road late night yesterday. The incident took place around 00.30 am when Rajbir Singh had gone to meet Vijay Bharadwaj to his office relating to a financial dispute where Bharadwaj was to pay around Rs 40 lakh to Rajbir.
According to the police, Bharadwaj shot Rajbir after he had gone inside his office.
The police later arrested Bharadwaj after he confessed in front of the media that his life was under threat from Rajbir as he owed him money.
After the shootout senior cops from Gurgaon and Delhi including Gurgaon Commissioner Mahender Lal reached the spot. Talking to MiD DAY, Lal said, "We received news about a Delhi police ACP being shot in Gurgaon. He has been identified as Rajbir Singh. We have arrested the accused and will investigate the case."
Security missing
The Commissioner also added that Rajbir had come to the spot in a car (DL 3C AL 5456) with a security guard. However the security guards at the residence of Rajbir said that he had left the house with his full security consisting of commandos and other officials.
However the Commissioner failed to answer several questions like how many shots were fired at him and what was the dispute between the ACP and the property dealer. Rajbir's Z plus security was not with him when he had gone to meet the property dealer.
Life threats
Crime scene: Pool of blood in the spot where ACP Rajbir Singh was shot dead pic/Imtiaz Khan
Sources in the Gurgaon police said that they had recovered two glasses and bottles of soda from the spot clearly giving rise to suspicion that the two must have drunk before the killing took place. "The accused alleged that he was facing life threats from Rajbir and his friends. He had to return money to Rajbir, which he had failed and knew that he would be killed. In a state of fright he fired at Rajbir," a source said.
After shooting Rajbir, Bharadwaj took Rajbir's car and then surrendered to the police. The accused has a shop by the name of Vijay and Associates Property Consultants.
Able officer
Rajbir Singh was posted as the ACP of the Special Operation Squad of the Crime Branch. He has been involved in around 56 encounters. He had joined the Delhi police in 1982 as a sub-inspector. He was also promoted as the ACP of the Special Cell in the late 90's. He was regarded as a very able officer and was also in the investigating teams that probed the Parliament attack and the Red Fort attack cases.
Special security
He was also given a Z plus security. After some years in the Delhi Armed police, where he was shunted for being involved in controversies relating to fake encounters and land deals with a builder he was again posted to the Special Operation Squad of the Delhi police Crime Branch in November 2007 with the motive of targeting hardened criminals.
Rajbir's wife and his two children who were informed by the media and they reached Gurgaon at around 4:30 am today
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