Muzaffarnagar, Feb. 12 -- A Rs 50,000 reward-carrying criminal, identified as 40-year-old Amzad, was killed in a police encounter in the Budhana police station area of Muzaffarnagar district early Thursday morning.
According to police, they received information around 3:30 am that Amzad was on his way to his native village. Acting on the tip-off, a police team laid a siege to intercept him. When officers attempted to stop him and repeatedly warned him to surrender, Amzad allegedly opened indiscriminate fire using a carbine and a pistol.
During the exchange of fire, Superintendent of Police (Rural) Aditya Bansal, Circle Officer Gajendra Singh, and Station House Officer Subhash Atri narrowly escaped as bullets struck their bulletproof jacke...