26-05-2025
Criminal absconding for 15 years arrested
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Kanpur: Etawah police arrested a criminal who was on the run for 15 years and carried a reward of Rs 10,000, after an encounter. The criminal, a resident of Auraiya district, was wanted in several serious cases in Kanpur Dehat.
Late on Sunday night, the police received a tip-off about the presence of a suspicious person near Lion Safari parking gate after which Civil Line police, SOG, and surveillance team arrived at the scene.
Seeing the police, he tried to flee and opened fire at the police team. In retaliatory firing by the police, the criminal sustained a bullet injury in right leg and was arrested. The arrested criminal was identified as Sheikh Mohammad (52), a resident of Foota Talab, Dibiyapur police station, Auraiya district.
An illegal 315 bore pistol, one used cartridge, six live cartridges, and a motorcycle was recovered from him.
During interrogation, he revealed that he stole the motorcycle from Jaswantnagar police station area. Senior Superintendent of Police Brijesh Kumar Srivastava said that the accused, along with his accomplices, committed a murder and robbery in a house in Shivli town of Kanpur Dehat district in 2010 and was absconding since
