Uttar Pradesh STF fatally shot Ashish Ranjan alias Chhotu Singh, a wanted mafia criminal from Dhanbad, Jharkhand, in an encounter near Prayagraj. Ashish, implicated in multiple high-profile murders, including gangster Aman Singh's, fired upon the STF team with an AK-47 and a 9mm pistol.
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