Rajbir singh biography

His rise from a sub-inspector to a high-profile assistant commissioner of police was as sensational as the violent end to his life. Delhi Police's 'encounter specialist' Rajbir Singh was murdered on Monday night - ending a career that was as controversial as it was illustrious.

ACP Rajbir Singh, who was allegedly shot dead by a property dealer in the suburb of Gurgaon, had courted many controversies during his otherwise remarkable career that began in 1982 when he entered the Delhi Police as a sub-inspector.

Shunted out of the Crime Branch following his alleged links with a drug mafia and touted as a 'property grabber', Rajbir Singh last year returned as the head of the newly established Special Operation Squad, a special anti-terror cell.

Rajbir, who had over 50 'kills' to his credit, had become the face of counter-terrorism operations in the capital.

He was the man instrumental in cracking the attack on parliament in 2001