India, Dec. 21 -- Two criminals carrying bounties totalling Rs.1.5 lakh were killed in separate police encounters in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur and Bulandshahr districts during late-night operations on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, police said.

UP Police will continue their crackdown on organised and violent crime, Additional Director General (ADG), law and order, Amitabh Yash said.

A Special Task Force (STF) team, acting on intelligence inputs, intercepted Siraj Ahmad, wanted in a murder case and carrying a reward of Rs.1 lakh, in the Gangoh area of Saharanpur on the Punjab-Haryana border.

Ahmad, a resident of Lolepur in Sultanpur district, allegedly opened fire on the STF team, and the police retaliated in self-defenc...