India, March 22 -- A robber, carrying a reward of Rs.3 lakh, was shot dead on Saturday in an alleged encounter with the Special Task Force (STF) at Bihar's Narpatganj. Two locals and five police officers, including the station house officer (SHO) of Narpatganj police station, were also injured during the cross-firing, police said.

Chunmun Jha, a resident Araria, was allegedly one of the active members of Subodh Singh's gold robbers gang. Singh is currently in West Bengal jail.

"Jha was top in the top 10 criminals of Seeamanchal. He was also active in Purvanchal, Kosi and Tirhut region. One of his aids managed to escaped from the spot in the darkness while Araria police led by Superintendent of Police (SP) Anjani Kumar, is currently comb...