Armstrong Murder Case: History Sheeter Raja Alias Seizing Raja Shot Dead in Chennai, Second Encounter in a Week

Chennai, September 23: History sheeter Raja alias Seizing Raja was killed in a police encounter in Akkarai area of Tamil Nadu's Chennai on Monday morning, police said. According to police, Raja was arrested in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday and brought to Chennai this morning. Raja was gunned down in retaliation, they said. Armstrong Killing: BSP Supremo Mayawati To Visit Chennai on June 7 To Pay Tribute to Slain Party Leader; Appeals for Peace.

Further details on the encounter are awaited. This is the second encounter that is carried out in Chennai in a week and third since the murder of the accused in BSP leader Armstrong's murder. On September 18, history-sheeter alias Kakka Thoppu Balaji was shot dead in a police encounter in Chennai's Viyasarpadi area. Balaji was accused in as many as 58 cases, out of which six were murder cases, 17 attempts to murder and one related to drug (ganja) dealing, according to the police. Armstrong Murder: BSP’s Tamil Nadu Unit President Hacked to Death by 6 Assailants in Chennai, Police Launch Manhunt To Nab Accused.

On July this year, Thiruvengadam, a history-sheeter and accused in Armstrong's murder, was shot dead by the Tamil Nadu police.

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