Aligarh, Feb. 5 -- The Aligarh Police arrested a notorious gangster carrying a bounty of Rs 50,000, after an encounter in the Hastpur outpost area under Iglas police station limits, officials said on Wednesday.

According to Superintendent of Police (Rural) Amrit Jain, the encounter occurred during a routine checking operation near an angle factory in the Iglas area on January 10.

The gangster, Ravi, a resident of Iglas in Aligarh district, sustained minor injuries during the exchange of fire and was subsequently apprehended. During the operation, police recovered Rs 4,67,500 from Ravi, part of the Rs 12 lakh looted in a recent robbery on January 10.

"Ravi, the main accused and a history-sheeter from Iglas police station, has 12 crimina...