Jaipur, May 14 (PTI) A wanted criminal shot himself dead in front of a Haryana Police team during a raid in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district on Tuesday, police said.

Jhunjhunu Additional SP Pushpendra Singh Rathore said a team of Haryana Police conducted a raid in Mehrana village in search of Sanjay alias Bhedia, who was carrying cash reward of Rs 5000 on his head.

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Sanjay escaped and went to a farm but the police team surrounded him. He opened fire in the air and shot himself in front of the police personnel, he said.

The criminal was taken to a hospital where doctors declared him dead, Rathore said, adding that Sanjay was wanted in cases of robbery and kidnapping.

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