Lucknow: In a significant development in the ongoing bullion robbery investigation, Anuj Pratap Singh, one of the prime suspects, was killed in an encounter with the Special Task Force (STF) on Monday morning in Unnao's Achalganj.

The Uttar Pradesh Police said it has gunned down a second accused in the Sultanpur jewellery store robbery case in a pre-dawn encounter in Unnao district.

The encounter follows a similar one on September 5, when Mangesh Yadav, another accused in the August 28 robbery, was gunned down by the UP STF. The development comes seven days after SP chief Akhiles

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday termed the killing of a second Sultanpur robbery case accused in a police encounter a "conspiracy" against the future of Uttar Pradesh and claimed the BJ