Noida: An alleged shooter linked to the Randeep Bhati gang was killed in an exchange of fire with Noida police in Sector 126 on Saturday.Aman alias Maya Tyagi, who carried a bounty of Rs 50,000 and had 19 criminal cases registered against him across three districts, was injured in the encounter. Three police personnel were also hit by bullets. Tyagi was taken to hospital, where doctors declared him dead.A joint team from Sector 126 police station and the district’s crime response team (CRT) was searching for Tyagi in connection with a case registered at Badalpur police station when it located him in the Sector 126 area. Police said he opened fire after finding himself surrounded. The team retaliated, and Tyagi sustained bullet injuries. The three injured personnel were also taken for medical attention. Senior officers reached the spot, and police collected evidence as part of the investigation into the exchange of fire.Tyagi had previously been involved in an encounter with a Phase 2 police team in 2019. He was shot in both legs and arrested after that exchange. Police said he returned to criminal activity after being released from jail. His name later figured in a case registered at Badalpur police station, for which a reward of Rs 50,000 was announced.Police records show that Tyagi had 19 cases registered against him between 2012 and 2026 in Muzaffarnagar, Noida and Ghaziabad. The charges included murder, robbery and offences under the Gangsters Act and Arms Act. Cases were registered at police stations in Chhapra, Dadri, Badalpur, Bisrakh and Phase 2.Police alleged that he worked as a shooter and was involved in contract killings and extortion. His name was linked to three gangs led by Randeep Bhati, Amit Kasana and Anil Dujana. According to police, his criminal career began in Muzaffarnagar, where he was named in several serious cases, including murder. He later came into contact with Robin Tyagi following a personal rivalry and was subsequently associated with the Bhati gang.Tyagi’s name had also surfaced in several high-profile murder cases in western Uttar Pradesh and the Noida-Greater Noida region. These included the murder of Devendra Bhati in Greater Noida, the killing of a contractor in Jhummanpura and a double murder in Junpat village. Police had also linked him to the killings of Rajkumar Sharma and his gunman in Junpat.Gangster Randeep Bhati and three others were sentenced to life imprisonment in 2023 for the murder of a Samajwadi Party functionary in Greater Noida’s Dabra village in 2013.
