India, May 29 -- A Lawrence Bishnoi gang sharpshooter, who faced 20 criminal cases such as murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, and robbery, was shot dead late on Wednesday in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur, a police officer said on Thursday.

Uttar Pradesh's additional director general of police Amitabh Yash said Naveen Kumar, a resident of Ghaziabad's Loni, was critically injured in an exchange of fire and died at a hospital. He added that the exchange was triggered after a joint team of the Special Task Force's Noida unit and Delhi Police's Special Cell confronted a group of armed criminals.

Police said Kumar, who was closely associated with gangster Hashim Baba, was first booked under the Arms Act at Delhi's Seemapuri police station in 2008....