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Dreaded gangster Anil Dujana was killed in an encounter with the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) in Meerut, police said on Thursday.

Uttar Pradesh Police Thursday gunned down alleged gangster Anil Dujana, an accused in 18 cases of murder, in an encounter

Dujana had over 60 cases, including 18 of murder, lodged against him in western Uttar Pradesh districts and Delhi. Days earlier, gangster-politician Atiq Ahmads son Asad Ahmad and his accomplice were shot dead in an exchange of fire with the UP Police

Anil Dujana was ranked 50th on Uttar Pradesh police's list of the top 65 most notorious criminals

Anil Dujana, a resident of Dujana village under Badalpur police station in Gautam Buddh Nagar district had over 60 cases lodged against him, including murder and extortion.

According to the police, a Special Task Force team retaliated when the gangster, recently released from prison on bail, opened fire at them after being cornered. His car had crashed into a pole.

Stage set for 1st phase of UP municipal polls on Thursday The stage is set for polling in the first phase of the urban municipal polls in Uttar Pradesh on

The recent gunning down of Atiq Ahmads son by the Uttar Pradesh Polices Special Task Police (STF) has put the spotlight back on extra-judicial killings and whether guidelines issued by courts and the human rights commission are being followed.

The first of the two-phase urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh will take place on Thursday, a major poll battle in the politically crucial state ahead of the 2024 parliamentary elections.

Seven people, including children, were killed and four others injured when a speeding truck rammed into a three-wheeler carrying the group at Magolwa area in Bihar's Sitamarhi district, police said on Wednesday.