Overview

• The man, identified by police as Shankar Kanojia (also reported as Kanaujia), carried a Rs 1 lakh reward for his arrest.
• Officers say he opened fire when an STF team moved to detain him in the Jahanaganj area, was shot, and was declared dead at a hospital.
• Investigators recovered a 9mm carbine, a 9mm pistol, a khukri and multiple live and spent cartridges from the scene.
• Police describe him as a decade-long fugitive wanted in a 2011 robbery-murder in Dohrighat and allege involvement in a July 2024 kidnapping-killing from Maharajganj.
• Authorities say inquiries into his network continue, and an accomplice fled the spot and remains at large.