Shamli, Feb. 6 -- A wanted criminal carrying a reward of Rs 50,000, identified as Rehan, was killed in a police encounter late Thursday night in Shamli district. Rehan, a resident of Zakir Nagar, New Okhla in Delhi, had more than 90 criminal cases registered against him across Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Haryana, police said on Friday.
According to police, Rehan and his accomplice had robbed a youth of cash and a mobile phone in the Babri area of Shamli around three hours before the encounter. Following the incident, police launched a district-wide checking operation.
At around 12:30 am, police teams from Kotwali and Adarsh Mandi police stations spotted two suspects riding a motorcycle near the Eastern Yamuna Canal. When the police attempte...