UP cops gun down inter-State criminal

The Uttar Pradesh police officials gunned down an inter-State miscreant Pankaj alias Bhola Jat in Aligarh on Monday morning. He carried a reward of Rs 50,000 on his head.It is stated that his one time supporters Harendra Rana and Sonu Gautam were behind his encounter. Harendra lived in Morar before coming to Tudila village. He joined the gang of Arun Phajui of UP. He made Sonu Gautam his boss. Sonu worked in Aligarh and Gaziabad.

living with him Pankaj alias Bhola Jat, he came into the contact with a miscreant resident of Gondla Aligarh. After joining the gang Harendra killed his enemy Billu Bhadauria assisted by Pankaj and Bhola Jat.

Meanwhile, Nagnu Choudhary, a member of Sonu Gautam gang had a dispute with Sonu and Harendra killed Nagnu in Gaziabad. Nagnu was intimate friend of Pankaj and thus, this murder created dispute between Pankaj and Harendra. Pankaj absconded from the police custody from Sikhobad while being brought from Firozabad. At present, Harendra is in Farrukhabad jail along with his boss Sonu Gautam. Harendra had asked the gang members to search for Pankaj and as soon as Pankaj came to light, the UP Police officials 

killed him. According to sources, the UP police was getting full support from Sonu Gautam. The UP police had camped in Gwalior 10 days ago. In view of strictness of the police, Sonu had left the city. Pankaj was a member of Sonu and Harendra gang that was involved in serial killings. Their connections were the same and separated Pankaj believed Sonu Gautam so the police killed him thought double cross.