Lucknow, June 27 -- A suspected shooter carrying a Rs.1 lakh reward on his arrest in the murder of Lucknow property dealer Sandeep Singh was killed in a police encounter in Lucknow on Saturday, Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) officials said.

According to police officers, Sanjay alias Sanjeev, a resident of Chak Kodar village in Ambedkar Nagar district, was the alleged main shooter in the murder of Singh in the PGI area on May 27.

Sanjay, whom police described as a "dreaded criminal", was allegedly involved in several murder cases across Ambedkar Nagar, Basti and Ayodhya districts.

Investigators said he had links with the gangs of criminals Dilip Verma and Khan Mubarak and had participated in multiple heinous offences, including ...