Wanted criminal shot dead

SSP B B Singh said today that Dharmender alias Lala was killed in an encounter with Meerut STF yesterday.

He was carrying a reward of Rs one lakh on his head.

Meanwhile, an under-trial prisoner was shot dead while he was being taken to Saharanpur from Bareilly for a court hearing.

Police some car-borne assailants shot dead Manoj at the Sahranpur railway station yesterday.

A passer-by was also injured in the firing, police said, adding he later succumbed to injuries at a hospital.