Lucknow, Nov. 28 -- The Azamgarh police gunned down a listed criminal on whom the Government had announced a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh.
The encounter took place early Friday morning.
Azamgarh range DIG Subhash Dubey confirmed the encounter and the killing of hardened criminal Suryansh Dubey in Sherwa village under Saraimeer police station of Azamgarh early Friday morning.
The criminal was wanted in connection with the gruesome murder of gram pradhan Satyme Jayte of Bansgaon and one Papu Ram under Tarwa police station on August 14 last .
The DIG claimed that the criminal was so daring that after killing the pradhan, he himself went to his house to inform the family that he had killed him.
After the pradhan's murder, people of the area st...