Chandauli, May 12 -- An ex-Army personnel, identified as Gurpreet Singh, died in a police encounter in Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli on Sunday after he opened fire on a police team during a crime scene reconstruction. The individual was in custody for the suspected random killing of three people, including a woman, within the Alinagar police station limits over the last 48 hours.

Talking to the reporters, Superintendent of Police Akash Patel said, "Between May 10 and 11, three incidents occurred within the jurisdiction of the Alinagar Police Station, in which three different individuals were shot dead. Regarding the incident that took place this morning--in which a woman was murdered--the accused was apprehended by members of the public and ...