The Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested singer Samar Singh from Ghaziabad for allegedly abetting the suicide of popular Bhojpuri actress Akanksha Dubey.
Samar Singh was hiding in a housing society in the Raj Nagar Extension area, under the Nandgram police station limits, of Ghaziabad — the western Uttar Pradesh district bordering Delhi.
He was held late Thursday in a joint operation by the local police and their visiting counterparts from Varanasi.
A look-out notice had been issued against Samar Singh and his brother Sanjay Singh after Dubey was found dead in a hotel room in Varanasi’s Sarnath area around a fortnight ago. Both were booked under section 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code based on the complaint of the actress’s mother.
“A team from the Sarnath police station of the Varanasi Commissionerate had come to Ghaziabad on Thursday night.
“They sought the help of the Ghaziabad police in nabbing Samar Singh from the Charms Castle (housing) society,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Ghaziabad City) Nipun Agarwal said. “The accused is being presented in a Ghaziabad court for transit remand by the Varanasi police team,” the DCP said on Friday morning.
Later in the afternoon, a local Ghaziabad court granted a 24-hour transit remand of Samar Singh to the Varanasi police.
