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Azamgarh SP Ajay Kumar Sahni said the arrested criminal has been identified as Jagdhari Yadav, a resident of Kolghat of Azamgarh. VARANASI: A notorious criminal carrying a reward of Rs.20,000 was caught after an encounter in Azamgarh on Wednesday while his accomplice managed to flee.Police said the arrested criminal was involved in the killing a sports officer 16 years ago in Azamgarh . Jagdhari, who had allegedly murdered a regional sports officer, said that he was going to kill a trader. The absconding miscreant is Gorakh Maurya, a resident of Haraiyya, police said. During a checking drive in Bhaduli, police spotted two suspicious-looking men on a motorcycle.When asked to stop, they opened fire on the police.The police returned the fire in which a miscreant sustained bullet injuries while the other fled on the motorcycle.The injured miscreant was sent to hospital..