In a late-night joint operation between the Delhi Police and Bihar Police, four members of the notorious Ranjan Pathak gang were killed in an encounter on Delhi’s Bahadur Shah Marg around 2:20 a.m. on Thursday. Those killed were identified as gang leader Ranjan Pathak (25), Bimlesh Mahto (25), Manish Pathak (33), and Aman Thakur (21). While Thakur was from Delhi’s Karwal Nagar, the others hailed from Bihar’s Sitamarhi district.

According to officials, the gang had been planning a major criminal act ahead of the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections. Acting on intelligence inputs, a joint police team laid a trap in Rohini. When officers attempted to stop the suspects, they opened fire, leading to a brief exchange in which all four sustained fatal gunshot wounds. The injured men were rushed to

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