LUCKNOW/MEERUT, Sept. 26 -- The main accused in the 2015 murder of the then-sitting Block Pramukh of Dilari in Moradabad was arrested by UP Special Task Force (STF) from Bareilly on Thursday, more than seven years after he escaped from from Budaun jail in May 2018, said STF ASP Abdul Qadir in a press note on Thursday.

A reward of Rs.2,00,000 had been announced for his capture, he added.

Sharing further details, the ASP identified the arrested accused as Sumit Kumar, a resident of Naveni Gaddi village under Hazratnagar Gadi police station of Moradabad. They further added that the accused was arrested for the 2015 murder of then-sitting Block Pramukh of Bilari, Yogendra alias Bhura, carried out in retaliation for the killing of his elder ...