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LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP STF) on Saturday arrested a sharpshooter, Irfan Sonu, in connection with the murder of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) functionary Jameel Ahmad who was shot dead in Thane district of Maharashtra on November 23, 2020.
Additional director general (ADG), Special Task Force (STF), Amitabh Yash, said Irfan told police that Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) corporator Najibullah had hired him to eliminate Ahmad.
Both Najibullah and Osama are on the run.
Irfan, who is from Gorakhpur, was arrested on Saturday from a place near Kathauta Jheel in Gomtinagar, Lucknow.
“We are still tracing other people involved in the murder. Irfan has been handed over to a crime branch team of Thane police,” the ADG added.
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Shooter held from Lucknow for killing MNS leader in Thane; claims that the killing contract was given by NCP leader
ByVallabh OzarkarVallabh Ozarkar / Updated: Apr 3, 2021, 23:04 IST
The
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) leader
Jameel Shaikh in November last year in a broad daylight in Rabodi area of Thane.
It has been revealed that it was a contract killing and the police have claimed that the murder was carried out on the orders of Najibullah, a Thane Maharashtra NCP leader and corporator.
The arrested accused identified as Irfan Sonu is a resident of Gulariha s Kheria in Gorakhpur district of Uttar Pradesh. He was arrested by the UP STF in Lucknow on Saturday afternoon.