Wanted UP criminal, identified as Gufran, shot dead in early morning encounter

TIL Desk/National/Kaushambi/ A wanted criminal, named in more than a dozen cases, was killed in an encounter with the police in Uttar Pradesh’s Kaushambi district early Tuesday morning, officials said. Gufran, a resident of neighbouring Pratapgarh district, was injured in an exchange of fire with the Uttar Pradesh Police’s Special Task Force near Samda village in the Kaushambi district, Superintendent of Police Brijesh Kumar Srivastava said.

He was rushed to the district hospital where the doctors declared him dead, the police officer said, adding Gufran had 13 cases of murder, attempt to murder, robbery and loot registered against him and was carrying a total reward of Rs 1.25 lakh on his arrest.

The ADG of Prayagraj Zone and the Sultanpur district had declared rewards of Rs 1,00,000 and Rs 25,000, respectively, on him, a senior official said in Lucknow. One carbine, pistol and a motorcycle were seized from Gufran, the official added. The Uttar Pradesh Police had in April said that they have gunned down 183 alleged criminals in encounters in the six years of Yogi Adityanath’s government.