Muzaffarnagar, July 14 -- Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) said on Monday that a sharpshooter, associated with the gang of Sanjeev Maheshwari Jeeva and gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari, was killed in an encounter in Muzaffarnagar.

Shahrukh Pathan had opened fire on the police, before being gunned down in retaliatory fire, the STF of UP police said.

The STF recovered a 9 mm country-made pistol, more than 60 rounds of cartridges and one car from the encounter site, police said.

According to the police, more than a dozen cases were registered against Shahrukh Pathan.

Earlier on May 29, a notorious criminal, wanted in several cases and an active member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, was killed in a joint operation by the Utt...