LUCKNOW, May 20 -- As part of crackdown against notorious criminals, another offender carrying a cash reward of Rs.1 lakh was gunned down in an encounter in Gonda district on Tuesday morning, Uttar Pradesh director general of police (DGP) Prashant Kumar said here in Lucknow.

Kumar said the slain accused had a criminal history spanning over 23 years, with as many as 53 cases of loot, robbery, theft, extortion and attempt to murder registered against him in Gonda and adjoining districts.

As per officials, 230 criminals have been gunned down in separate encounters in different districts of U.P. and other states since the formation of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state in March, 2017.

A total of 14 criminals have been ...