One Lakh Reward Killer Banarasi Yadav Killed in Varanasi STF Encounter

• Contract killer Banarasi Yadav, carrying a one lakh rupee reward, was killed in an STF encounter in Varanasi.
• Yadav was wanted for the recent murder of colonizer Mahendra Gautam in the Sarnath police station area.
• More than two dozen serious cases, including murder, kidnapping, and robbery, were registered against Banarasi Yadav.
• The encounter took place on the Bariyasanpur Ring Road in the Chaubepur police station area.
• STF recovered two pistols and a large quantity of cartridges from the encounter site.