Kanpur, July 15 -- |
The police on Tuesday arrested Shashi Kant alias Sonu Pandey, another criminal wanted in connection with the Bikru village carnage, and recovered the looted Insas and AK-47 rifles and live cartridges from him.
Sonu's father Prem Kumar Pandey was killed in an encounter with police a few days ago.
Addressing media persons here on Tuesday, ADG (Law & Order) Prashant Kumar said the looted rifles were recovered from the houses of Shashi Kant (Insas with 20 cartridges) and the slain gangster Vikas Dubey (AK-47 with 17 cartridges).
Shashi Kant was carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on his arrest, he added.
It may be recalled that during the Bikru ambush in which eight police personnel were killed in the early hours of July 3,...