PATNA, March 19 -- The death of a young and highly trained Special Task Force (STF) personnel, Shriram Kumar Yadav, during an encounter with trigger-happy criminals in Bihar's Motihari district on Tuesday morning has come as a major shock to the police headquarters. The criminals, who were engaged in making reels with weapons to showcase their prowess, were confronted by the STF team during a raid.

Though both criminals were neutralised on the spot, a senior police official said that losing a trained commando to such anti-social elements-who had threatened the local additional Station House Officer (SHO) over the phone, prompting the police raid-was completely unexpected.

"Yadav was a trained commando from the National Security Guard (N...