UP: Man wanted in murder and extortion cases killed in encounter by STF

A person wanted in murder, robbery, extortion, and over two dozen criminal cases was gunned down in an encounter by a team of Special Task Force (STF), UP Police here in Meerapur on Tuesday.

The accused, identified as Adesh was carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head.

According to STF, UP Police, Adesh was imprisoned in the Baghpat prison when gangster Munna Bajrangi alias Prem Prakash was shot dead by a fellow inmate last year.