LUCKNOW, Jan. 20 -- The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a notorious criminal who was carrying a reward of Rs.50,000 and had been evading arrest by living under a changed identity in Punjab and Haryana after an attempt to murder case was registered against him in 2023, senior STF officials said on Tuesday.

The accused, identified as Kariya Lona, was arrested late on Monday night from Belkhariyapur village under Lambhua police station of Sultanpur district. According to an official press note, Kariya Lona was wanted in a case registered under Section 307 (attempt to murder) of the Indian Penal Code at Kotwali Jalalpur police station in Ambedkar Nagar. Acting on specific inputs, an STF field unit from Ayodhya tracked his...