A criminal wanted from Bihar and carrying a cash reward of Rs 50,000 was arrested in a joint operation of Anti-Terrorists Squad (ATS) of the UP police and cops of Bihar. The arrested was made from Pakri Pul at VIP road on Friday night.
Surprisingly the said criminal was freely living in Vinay Khand at Gomati Nagar for the last six months and it was only when Bihar police traced his location and sent an SOS to UP ATS along with a team, the trap could be laid here at lucknow.
According to an official communiqué, the Bihar DGP had announced a cash reward of Rs 50,000 on one Dileep Kumar Singh, a hardened criminal of the State hailing from Sindhiya locality of Samistipur in Bihar. He was involved in several cases of murders and loots besides extorting money from businessmen. When the Bihar police launched a hunt for him, he slipped to Nepal from where he reached lucknow and started to live on a rented house to evade arrest.
However, the Bihar police finally traced his location and sought help of UP ATS after which a trap was laid on Friday night. The accused was produced here in a local court on Saturday and later taken to Bihar after procuring a transit remand.