India, Sept. 20 -- Six days after three men opened fire outside at a liquor vend near the Ladwa bus stand in Kurukshetra district and a jewellery store in Yamunanagar, Haryana Police on Saturday killed one of the shooters in an encounter at Radaur on the Ambala-Shamli highway.

The accused, Rajat, alias Raju, belonged to Shergarh village of Indri in Karnal district and was a shooter of the gang led by Surya Pratap, alias Noni Rana.

Rajat was booked in seven cases, including the two firing incidents of September 14, and carried a reward of Rs.50,000 on his head.

He is the third hitman of the Kala Rana-Noni Rana nexus to be killed in an encounter in the past three months.

The Haryana Police's special task force (STF) and Delhi Police joi...