Meerut:

Officials said on Saturday that a criminal wanted in the case of murder of a family of five people in Lisadi Gate police station area of ​​Meerut was killed by the police during the encounter. Police said the accused Naeem had a reward of Rs 50,000 for killing his half -brother, step -brother’s wife and three children in Lisadi Gate area.

The accused was an encounter with the accused Naeem alias Jamil in the Outpost Summer Garden area Madina Colony Phase-2, where the accused fired on the police team with the intention of killing him, Naeem was injured in retaliation and was sent to the hospital. Police said they were declared dead there.

Police said that the accused was also wanted in murder cases in Delhi and Maharashtra.

Naeem Lisadi was residing in the Gate area. He along with a companion killed his half -brother’s entire family. According to the police, the victims had injuries on their heads and there is a possibility that the crime has been committed due to enmity.

“We received information at Lisari Gate police station that five bodies had been recovered in a house. Police reached the spot and people said that the house had been closed from outside. There were bodies of a couple and three of their children inside the house. ” , It seems as if his head was attacked with a blunt object, “SSP Tada told ANI.

Police said the partner was running away and he has a reward of Rs 50,000.