UP Rapist With ₹25,000 Bounty Killed In Shootout With Meerut Police

This special report covers the police encounter in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, where Shehzad alias Nikki, a wanted criminal with a ₹25,000 bounty, was killed. He was accused of raping two girls and had multiple criminal cases against him. According to the reporter, 'Police says that she was told to surrender. But the rapist Shehzad started running away.' The incident occurred in the Sarurpur police station area when police, acting on a tip, cornered Shehzad. Officials stated that he fired at the police team in an attempt to escape, and was killed when they returned fire. My colleague Himanshu Mishra reports that police had been searching for Shehzad across several districts of Western UP before tracking him down.