Hapur Encounter: Sharpshooter of Lawrence Bishnoi gang gunned down in police encounter in UP's Hapur

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A sharpshooter, who belonged to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, has been killed in a police encounter in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur. The sharpshooter was on his way to commit some crime in Hapur, RK Mishra, STF Noida Additional SP, told Press Trust of India.

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"STF Noida Unit and Delhi Police Special Cell had received input that Lawrence Gang's sharpshooter Naveen Kumar, a resident of Ghaziabad's Loni, is coming towards Hapur to commit some crime. Hapur Police tried to stop him, but he shot at the police. In defence cross-firing by the police, he got injured. He was declared dead in the hospital," the STF Noida Additional SP said.

According to media reports, Naveen Kumar, a resident of Loni in Ghaziabad district, was known to be an active sharpshooter and was affiliated with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and worked closely with another notorious gangster, Hashim Baba.

Records with the police say that 20 criminal cases were registered against Kumar across Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. These  cases include charges of murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, robbery, and other serious crimes under the MCOCA.

"An accused identified as Naveen Kumar, a resident of Loni, Ghaziabad, was gravely injured in an encounter with the joint team of the Noida unit of UP STF and the Special Cell of Delhi in the Thana Kotwali area, Hapur, last night. The accused was sent to the hospital for treatment, where he was declared dead. Naveen was wanted in a murder and MCOCA (Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act) case of Thana Farsh Bazar, Delhi. The wanted accused Naveen was an active member of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang and is a sharpshooter. Twenty cases, including murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, robbery and MCOCA, were registered against him in Delhi and UP, and he had been sentenced by the court in two cases in Delhi," UP STF said, as quoted by ANI.