A dreaded criminal from Uttar Pradesh was killed in a shootout with the police in Saharanpur early on Monday, an official said.
Shamshad suffered a bullet injury in the shootout with a police SWAT team and was shifted to the district hospital where he later succumbed, a police official said.
The criminal was a history-sheeter and had 38 cases registered against him involving loot, dacoity, murder and kidnapping.
Saharanpur is 700 km from state capital Lucknow.
--IANS
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