UP STF weapons down infamous gangster carrying ₹1 lakh bounty
The Particular Job Drive (STF) of Uttar Pradesh police early on Friday morning gunned down infamous gangster Vinod Kumar Upadhyaya, who carried a bounty of ₹1 lakh, throughout an encounter in Sultanpur district, Director Basic of Police (Regulation and Order) Prashant Kumar knowledgeable.
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The STF crew, led by deputy superintendent of police Deepak Kumar Singh, cornered Upadhyaya round 3.30am in Dehat Kotwali space of Sultanpur. The gangster was killed after struggling bullet wounds in retaliatory firing of the police.
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Upadhyaya had 35 prison instances towards him since 1999 and was most lately wished in a case of extortion and prison intimidation registered towards him in Gorakhpur in 2023, the DGP stated. The then Gorakhpur further DGP Akhil Kumar had introduced the bounty of ₹1 lakh on the gangster on September 8 final yr.
STF Further Director Basic (ADG) Amitabh Yash stated the prison had an organised gang that dedicated a number of offences in Gorakhpur, Basti, Sant Kabir Nagar and Lucknow districts.
Upadhyaya unsuccessfully contested meeting elections as a Bahujan Samaj Occasion candidate from a Gorakhpur constituency in 2007. His identify was additionally within the record of 68 most-wanted gangsters issued by the state police.
