Pankaj Kumar
VARANASI: The special task force of UP police arrested a contract killer of Gujarat-based underworld don Jayesh Patel, who is believed to be operating from Dubai or the UK, from Cantonment area in UP s Varanasi on Monday.
Two gangsters of Jamnagar in Gujarat had got a contract to kill a builder Jaysukh Pithadiya from Patel against the payment of Rs two crore after which they assigned Pankaj Kumar, a native of Azamgarh district, and his accomplice Maniram to kill him, although Pethadiya survived despite suffering bullet injuries on January 28.
STF said that after a team of Jamnagar police contacted it the Varanasi field unit team of force led by inspector Amit Srivastava was engaged to trace Pankaj.