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UP STF guns down notorious criminal Rashid Kalia in Jhansi encounter
Rashid was an accused in the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Pintu Sengar murder case. Read further on Dynamite News:
Jhansi: A notorious criminal of 40 murders and with a Rs1.25L bounty on his head Rashid Kalia, was killed in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) at Mauranipur in Jhansi on Saturday morning.
The encounter occurred when Kalia had arrived to carry out a contract killing, according to an official statement from the STF.
Rashid was an accused in the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Pintu Sengar murder case.
The accused was also wanted in a murder in Jhansi, in which a reward of Rs 25,000 was announced for his capture. The notorious criminal had several cases registered against him in police stations of Kanpur, Lucknow and Jhansi.
In 2020, on June 20, BSP leader Pintu Sengar who used to operate as a property dealer was allegedly shot dead by unidentified assailants in Chakeri police station area in Kanpur. (with Agency inputs)