<span style="color: #222222;">In Uttar Pradesh, a criminal named Shakil  carrying award of two and half lakh on his head was killed in an police encounter in Sambhal district on Sunday.  <br />''<br />''He,  including  two others, was accused of killing two policemen and getting freed their fellows from police custody last month on July 17th in Sambhal district.  <br />''<br />''According to police today they got tipoff that criminal Shakil and others were hiding at Rajpura police station area.  <br />''<br />''Police superintendent Yamuna Prasad along with police party raided the hideouts and in an  encounter the criminal Shakil was killed and others flees. <br />''<br />''In this encounter two policemen also suffered injuries. SP Yamuna Prasad himself narrow escaped as he was bearing bullet proof jacket. <br />''<br />''One  of the three accused criminals, Kamal has already been killed on July 20 in police encounter in Amroha district. <br />''<br />''Third one Dharampal is still absconding. All three culprits carrying award of rupees two and half lakh on their heads. </span><br />