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VARANASI: A dreaded looter Lalu Yadav alias Vinod Yadav was gunned down in Bhavrepur area in Mau district around 3.30am on Wednesday.
SP Mau Sushil Ghule said that Yadav was involved in 82 cases mainly of looting jewellers and cash van.
Lalu Yadav was carrying a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head announced by the police. After ensuring victory of his wife unopposed in block development council elections, he was preparing to make her the block chief.
Police said that upon knowing Yadav s presence at his place in Dodapur village, the cops of special operation group, Sarai Lakhansi, Chiraiyyakot and Mohammadabad police stations cordoned the area.
Wanted Criminal Vinod Yadav Killed In An Encounter With Police In Uttar Pradesh
Eighty-two criminal cases were registered against Vinod Yadav.
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In an encounter, a man facing charges of murder and dacoity was killed by police in Uttar Pradesh s Mau district in the early hours of Wednesday, officials said.
Lalu Yadav alias Vinod Yadav, who carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh, was injured in the exchange of fire between him and police personnel. He was taken to a hospital where he was declared brought dead, Additional Director General of Police, Law and Order, Prashant Kumar said.
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Varanasi: Mafia don turned MLA Mukhtar Ansari has been booked in another case, one of fraud and conspiracy for siphoning off Rs 25 lakh from his MLA Local Area Development (LAD) fund in Sarai Lakhansi area of Mau district along with his three aides.
The case was lodged against Mukhtar on Saturday, 18 days after he was brought from Ropar jail in Punjab to UP and lodged in Banda jail.
ADG Varanasi zone Brij Bhushan said, “The siphoning off of Rs 25 lakh from MLALAD funds was detected recently. Between 2006-07 and 2017-18, Mukhtar ensured release of Rs 25 lakh to Anand Yadav and Baijnath Yadav of Sakin Sarva village to construct a school on gram sabha land that was illegally transferred in Baijnath’s name. However, not a single brick was found on the site. Local police lodged an FIR against Mukhtar Ansari, Baijnath Yadav, Anand Yadav and one Sanjay Sagar under Sections 419, 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 467 (forging documents), 468 (forgery for ch