Dehradun, April 30 -- In a late-night encounter on Wednesday, in Dehradun's Premnagar police station area, one criminal was killed after an exchange of fire with police following a robbery and shooting incident involving Rs.2 lakh, officials said.

According to police, the accused were being chased after the robbery when an encounter took place during which Naresh Rathore sustained injuries after being shot by the criminals.

In retaliatory firing by the police, one of the accused was killed on the spot, officials added.

The incident comes seventeen years after the widely discussed Ranveer encounter of May 3, 2009, in Dehradun, which had triggered major controversy across Uttarakhand.

At the time, police had claimed a criminal was kille...