India, Oct. 29 -- A 45-year-old alleged criminal carrying a reward of one lakh rupees over his arrest from the Uttar Pradesh Police, was gunned down on Wednesday evening during an exchange of fire with police at the Upper Ganga Canal road near Modinagar's Niwari, the police officials said.

According to police, the deceased was identified as Dharmendra Kumar, alias Tiddi, originally from Amroha city in Uttar Pradesh who was presently residing in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan.

The suspect carried a reward of Rs.50,000 each from the Ghaziabad, and Baghpat districts in western Uttar Pradesh, said police officials, adding that he had as many as 17 cases of robberies, thefts, and the Gangsters Act against his name in the two districts.

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