India, March 11 -- Gangster Aman Sahu was shot dead in an encounter at Jharkhand's Palamau district on Tuesday while he was being brought from Raipur jail to Ranchi in connection with the murder of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) deputy general manager, Kumar Gaurav, police said.

Kumar was killed on Friday in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district and there was an attempt to kill another person, a coal trader Bipin Mishra, in Ranchi on Thursday by firing at him.

Jharkhand police had taken transit remand to question Sahu in the two cases as it believed that he was running an extortion racket from businessmen and those engaged in coal trade.

A police officer aware of the developments said the encounter took place at Andhari Dhoda of C...