India, Feb. 26 -- A sharpshooter from the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, with a Rs.1 lakh bounty, was killed on Wednesday in an alleged encounter with the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Police's special task force (STF) units in Meerut's Mundali area, police said.

"The police encircled the accused, Jitu alias Jitendra, a resident of Sivan village in Haryana's Jhajjar district, and closed in after several rounds of gunfire were exchanged early Wednesday morning," said Amitabh Yash, additional director general (ADG) of the UP STF.

Yash added that Jitendra collapsed after being shot when the STF retaliated. "His accomplices fled the scene, taking advantage of the darkness. The STF team took Jitendra to a hospital, where he died during treatment," he said.

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