A police encounter in Uttar Pradesh's Kankerkhera area resulted in the arrest of a wanted criminal with a bounty of Rs 25,000 on his head and two of his accomplices, according to PTI reports. The operation, conducted late Monday night, also left the criminal and one of his aides injured.

Assistant Superintendent of Police (City), Ayush Vikram Singh, stated that the police team was acting on a tip-off about the whereabouts of Monu, alias Mohan Giri. Giri, a wanted criminal from Ghaziabad, is a suspect in the abduction and murder of Lakhan Singh, a 27-year-old man, on 8 June this year.