Dehradun, April 30 -- A 36-year-old resident of Uttar Pradesh, wanted in multiple criminal cases, was shot dead in a police encounter in Uttarakhand's Premanagar area on Wednesday night after he and two accomplices allegedly robbed a contractor by opening fire and later shot at a pursuing police team, officers said.

Premnagar Station House Officer (SHO) Naresh Rathore, who was leading the police team, was injured by a bullet. The two remaining suspects managed to flee, and officers launched a search operation across the district to trace them.

Police said the deceased, Akram Ali, a resident of Shamli district in Uttar Pradesh, and his associates had come to a district court in Dehradun on Wednesday morning and were caught committing the...