Dreaded criminal Balraj Bhati who had a 2-lakh bounty for his capture was shot dead by the police in Sector 41 of Noida Monday morning. Bhati had multiple cases of murder, extortion and attempt to murder in many police stations of Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana pending against him.

Two head constables of the Haryana Police’s Special Task Force (STF), a man and a boy were injured in the firing, according to reports. Balraj's two other accomplices could flee the scene.

According to a report in the Hindu, there have been more than 1000 encounters in UP since Yogi Adityanath becamse CM.