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UP STF Kills Ansari Gang Sharpshooter Shahrukh Pathan in Muzaffarnagar Encounter

Officials say he was shot dead in return fire after firing on STF officers, ending his cycle of bail-fueled attacks.

Mukhtar Ansari gang hitman killed in UP Police encounter; guns, cartridges seized
File photo of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari at a court in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh | ANI
A pistol, a revolver, a country-made pistol, ammunition and a car without number plate have been recovered.
Photo:SNS

Overview

  • Pathan was shot after opening fire on members of the Meerut STF unit during a July 14 operation in Muzaffarnagar.
  • He had been out on bail for six months in a life imprisonment case and allegedly resumed threatening and attacking witnesses.
  • Police recovered a Beretta .30-bore pistol, a .32-bore revolver, a country-made 9 mm pistol, over 60 rounds of ammunition and a numberless white SUV.
  • The 35-year-old had ties to the gangs of Mukhtar Ansari and Sanjeev Jeeva and faced more than a dozen cases of murder, extortion and arms violations across western UP.
  • The encounter underscores the STF’s intensified intelligence-driven campaign to dismantle entrenched organized crime ahead of regional elections.