Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 10:33pm on 15 Nov 2026,Sunday India
A man identified as Ratan Sheikh was shot dead in a police encounter in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Sunday, November 15. Police said Sheikh allegedly opened fire at a police team during an operation to recover a weapon hidden in Nanoor. The team returned fire, leaving him critically injured. Doctors at a local hospital declared him dead. Sheikh was wanted in 36 criminal cases and had allegedly shot and injured constable Biswajit Das during an arrest attempt in Santiniketan on November 13. The incident marks West Bengal’s fifth police encounter in six months since the BJP came to power. (PC: HT)
