Saharanpur, June 22 -- A reward-declared wanted criminal, Lalan Singh alias Lallan, died after sustaining gunshot injuries during a police encounter on the Sarsawa-Nakur road in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh on the intervening night of June 21 and 22, police said.

According to police, Lalan Singh, a resident of Anandgolwa village in the Samastipur district of Bihar, was a notorious criminal wanted in multiple serious cases registered in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

He was allegedly involved in several sensational crimes, including the shooting of a Sub-Inspector and the looting of his service pistol in Varanasi on November 8, 2022, as well as a firing and robbery incident in Chandauli on November 1, 2022.

Officials said Singh, along...