A sharpshooter, wanted in a number of murder and extortion cases, was arrested from Gorakhpur district by the sleuths of the Special Task Force (STF) on Monday night.
The cops recovered a pistol and half a dozen live cartridges besides mobile phones and SIM cards from his possession. According to IG (STF), Sujeet Pandey, the sleuths of the STF trailing behind listed criminal made a breakthrough on Monday night when they heard that hardened criminal, identified as Sandeep Tripathi, was present in Gorakhpur. He said that a team led by Additional SP (STF) Dr Arvind Chaturvedi, rushed and laid a trap on Gorakhpur-Kushinagar highway and managed to arrest the accused from Jawania hamlet of Gorakhpur. He said that on taking search, they recovered a pistol, a number of cartridges and a mobile phone from Tripathi, who is wanted in a number of criminal cases, including that of murder and extortion.