Gonda (UP), May 20 -- A hardened criminal carrying a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh on his arrest and wanted in more than four dozen cases was killed in a joint operation by Khodare police and the Special Operations Group (SOG) team in the Umari Begamganj area of Gonda district here in Uttar Pradesh, a senior police officer said here on Tuesday.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Vineet Jaiswal said that on the night of April 24 at about 02:30 am, a theft was being committed by unidentified thieves in the house of Devideen, a resident of Pure Tilak Dhannipurwa Dixir village under Umri Begmganj police station.
"During the theft, Devideen's brother Shivdeen (22) woke up and attempted to catch the miscreants," he said.
He said that during this Shivdee...