Overview

• The UP STF Noida unit, Bihar Police and Hapur Police intercepted Yadav in Simbhaoli where he was shot in the chest and later died at a local hospital.
• Yadav was the prime accused in the abduction and murder of Hindustani Awam Morcha block president Vikas Kumar alias Rakesh Kadam in May.
• Investigators recovered a significant cache of firearms, ammunition and other incriminating materials from the encounter site and a nearby safe house.
• Police records show 24 cases registered against Yadav, including charges of murder, attempted murder, robbery, extortion and dacoity, and a ₹50,000 bounty on his head.
• Authorities have launched investigations to trace remaining gang members and dismantle his cross-border organized crime network.