<p>Kolkata: An undertrial, who shot at policemen while escaping from custody three days ago, was killed in an encounter in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/west-bengal">West Bengal's </a>Uttar Dinajpur district early on Saturday, a senior officer said.</p>.<p>Sajjak Alam was shot dead by police personnel during a shootout at Kichaktala in Goalpokhar in the district, he said.</p>.<p>"Acting on a tip-off that he was hiding in Kichaktala area, we conducted a raid there. At that time, the accused started firing at police personnel and our team retaliated. Alam was injured. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he died," the officer told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>Two policemen in Uttar Dinajpur's Raiganj were injured on Wednesday when Alam and another undertrial allegedly overpowered them, snatched their service revolvers, and shot at them before fleeing.</p>.<p>The incident happened when the prisoners were being taken from a court in Islampur to the central correctional home in Raiganj in a prison van escorted by policemen.</p>.<p>"The prime accused in the January 15 incident was trying to flee to Bangladesh. We are trying to find out those who were helping him," the officer said.</p>.<p>Alam was also the prime accused in a 2019 murder case that took place in Karandighi in Uttar Dinajpur district.</p>
<p>Kolkata: An undertrial, who shot at policemen while escaping from custody three days ago, was killed in an encounter in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/india/west-bengal">West Bengal's </a>Uttar Dinajpur district early on Saturday, a senior officer said.</p>.<p>Sajjak Alam was shot dead by police personnel during a shootout at Kichaktala in Goalpokhar in the district, he said.</p>.<p>"Acting on a tip-off that he was hiding in Kichaktala area, we conducted a raid there. At that time, the accused started firing at police personnel and our team retaliated. Alam was injured. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he died," the officer told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>Two policemen in Uttar Dinajpur's Raiganj were injured on Wednesday when Alam and another undertrial allegedly overpowered them, snatched their service revolvers, and shot at them before fleeing.</p>.<p>The incident happened when the prisoners were being taken from a court in Islampur to the central correctional home in Raiganj in a prison van escorted by policemen.</p>.<p>"The prime accused in the January 15 incident was trying to flee to Bangladesh. We are trying to find out those who were helping him," the officer said.</p>.<p>Alam was also the prime accused in a 2019 murder case that took place in Karandighi in Uttar Dinajpur district.</p>