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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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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.
6 held for helping Vikas Dubey escape
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Tue, Mar 2 2021 10:57 IST |
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Kanpur : , March 2 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has arrested six persons on charges of providing shelter and financial aid to slain gangster Vikas Dubey and his aides.
They have also been charged with disposing of a semi-automatic weapon from his native Bikru village where Dubey and his men had killed eight policemen, including a DSP, on July 3 last year.
The arrests were made in Kanpur on Monday.
Inspector General STF Amitabh Yash said that a resident of Bhind in Madhya Pradesh, who had purchased a semi-automatic 30 Springfield American rifle from the gang, has also been arrested.