<p>Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh: A criminal carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh was killed in an encounter with police on Tuesday, officials said.</p>.<p>Submit Singh alias Monu Chavanni was wanted in over two dozen criminal cases, they said.</p>.<p>He was killed in an encounter by a joint team of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/special-task-force">Special Task Force</a> (STF) and local police in Badlapur area, Superintendent of Police, Ajay Pal Sharma said.</p>.<p>Singh has a total of 24 criminal cases registered against him in Ghazipur, Ballia and Jaunpur districts of Uttar Pradesh and also some districts of Bihar, Sharma said, adding that a reward of Rs 1 lakh was announced on his arrest, he added.</p>.New criminal laws: Awareness sessions organised at over 100 police stations in Delhi.<p>Sharma said that the STF and police had received information about the presence of Singh in the Badalpur area.</p>.<p>When the joint team reached the spot and tried to stop him, he opened fire at them. In retaliatory firing, Singh sustained a bullet injury and was taken to a nearby health centre where doctors declared him dead.</p>.<p>Police seized an AK-47 rifle and a pistol while two accomplices of Singh managed to flee from the spot. A search is on to nab them, the SP said.</p>
<p>Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh: A criminal carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh was killed in an encounter with police on Tuesday, officials said.</p>.<p>Submit Singh alias Monu Chavanni was wanted in over two dozen criminal cases, they said.</p>.<p>He was killed in an encounter by a joint team of the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/special-task-force">Special Task Force</a> (STF) and local police in Badlapur area, Superintendent of Police, Ajay Pal Sharma said.</p>.<p>Singh has a total of 24 criminal cases registered against him in Ghazipur, Ballia and Jaunpur districts of Uttar Pradesh and also some districts of Bihar, Sharma said, adding that a reward of Rs 1 lakh was announced on his arrest, he added.</p>.New criminal laws: Awareness sessions organised at over 100 police stations in Delhi.<p>Sharma said that the STF and police had received information about the presence of Singh in the Badalpur area.</p>.<p>When the joint team reached the spot and tried to stop him, he opened fire at them. In retaliatory firing, Singh sustained a bullet injury and was taken to a nearby health centre where doctors declared him dead.</p>.<p>Police seized an AK-47 rifle and a pistol while two accomplices of Singh managed to flee from the spot. A search is on to nab them, the SP said.</p>