In Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, a criminal who had a Rs 1 lakh bounty on his head was slain in an encounter. Pankaj Yadav, a criminal accused of killing a policeman in an encounter, was slain by the STF. He belonged to the Mukhtar and Shahabuddin gang and was a sharpshooter. He had been escaping for a while. One of his cronies got away and is currently missing.