MEERUT, Aug. 23 -- The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) arrested sharpshooter Ravi Daurala, allegedly linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, after an encounter in the Baghwali outpost area under New Mandi police station limits of Muzaffarnagar on Friday evening. A pistol, seven cartridges and a motorcycle were recovered from his possession, officials said.

Ravi carried a reward of Rs.1 lakh for his alleged role in a Rs.11-lakh robbery in Muzaffarnagar, and another Rs.25,000 in Delhi, where he had allegedly shot a man and looted Rs.4.5 lakh, they added.

According to Brijesh Kumar Singh, ASP (STF), Ravi, a resident of Bhagwanpuri in Daurala (Meerut), was a sharpshooter for Sunny Kakran, another key shooter of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi...