With the joint efforts of Special Task Force, Uttarakhand and STF Bihar, a most wanted criminal of Bihar and ex-member of Munna Shukla and Prakash Shukla gang was arrested from GMS Road, Dehradun on Wednesday. Shambhu Singh alias Santosh Mishra alias Samir, native of Muzaffarpur, Bihar has been booked for around 42 murders and other serious crimes in different police stations of Bihar, said Uttarakhand STF SSP Senthil Akdai Krishnaraj S while addressing the media on Thursday. Bihar Government had announced a bounty of Rs one lakh on his head.
Senthil said that Munna Shukla and Prakash Shukla gang had been involving in many murders during the 90s. The gang members had captured the contracts of Central Public Works Department forcibly and made huge profit from it.
Shambhu Singh along with his friend Mantu Singh had joined the Shukla gang in the year 1997. Till 2000, this gang had massacred dozens of persons and earned huge money from contracts.
In 1998, Munna Shukla had murdered the then Bihar Cabinet minister Brij Bihari Prasad. Shambhu Singh had used an AK 47 assault rifle to commit many murders during this period.
In the year 2000, Shambhu Singh along with Mantu Singh formed a separate gang and committed many murders in Bihar and made crores of rupees from the killings. In the year 2004, Shambhu Singh established himself in Dehradun and married a local woman .
According to Senthil, Bihar STF had information about the criminal hiding in Dehradun. Bihar STF team reached Dehradun and requested STF Uttarakhand SSP to assist in his arrest.
Following this, a team headed by Kailash Panwar search for and arrested Singh from GMS Road, Balliwala Chowk, Dehradun. Uttarakhand Inspector General (law and order) has announced a reward of Rs 10, 000 for the team members.