A suspected shooter carrying a ₹1 lakh reward on his arrest in the murder of Lucknow property dealer Sandeep Singh was killed in a police encounter in Lucknow on Saturday.
The main shooter, identified as Sanjay alias Sanjeev, was allegedly involved in several murder cases across Ambedkar Nagar, Basti, and Ayodhya districts.
Sanjay had links with the gangs of criminals Dilip Verma and Khan Mubarak and had participated in multiple heinous offences, including murders.
The Lucknow police commissioner had announced a cash reward of ₹1 lakh for information leading to his arrest.
Police said an encounter took place early on Saturday morning on Indira Canal Road during an operation led by Additional Superintendent of Police Deepak Kumar Singh.
Sanjay sustained bullet injuries during the encounter and was taken to Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences for treatment, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
