Varanasi, Aug. 23 -- Shankar Kannaujia, a wanted criminal carrying a bounty of Rs one lakh, was killed in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF), officials said on Saturday.

According to officials, a carbine, a pistol, and cartridges were recovered from the spot after the operation. Kannaujia had been on the run since 2011, when he was accused of committing a murder, and had since remained active in serious crimes, including robbery and kidnapping.

Acting on intelligence inputs, the team intercepted him, leading to the exchange of fire in which he was neutralised.

Prior to this, a miscreant sustained a bullet injury after the police shot him in retaliatory fire during an encounter in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad on T...