Bulandshahr (UP), June 21 -- A hardened criminal carrying a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh was killed by the Noida unit of the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) in the Jahangirabad area of Bulandshahr district, where two policemen were also injured, a police officer said here on Saturday.

SP Rural Dr Tejveer Singh said that the Noida unit of STF received information that on Friday night some criminals had come to the Mill area under the Jahangirabad police station area of Bulandshahr district to carry out a big crime.

"On the basis of the information, when the Bulandshahr police and Noida STF team tried to arrest the criminals, the criminals started firing at the police. In the retaliatory firing by the police, one criminal was shot, inju...