Shamli, Oct. 18 -- A criminal carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh was gunned down by Uttar Pradesh police during an encounter in Shamli district, police said on Saturday.

According to the police, the killed criminal has been identified as Nafees, who has dozens of cases registered against him. Nafees, who had remained absconding, was a resident of Kandhla in Shamli district, Uttar Pradesh.

Superintendent of Police (SP) Shamli Narendra Pratap Singh said that the police spotted two miscreants on a bike last night and made attempts to stop them, after which they fired upon the personnel. He informed that a police team caught the miscreants later, in which criminal Nafees was killed in retaliatory firing.

"The police officers were patrolling he...