The Special Task Force (STF) nabbed sharp shooter Saadab, a close aide of Muneer who is the prime accused in the NIA officer Tanzil Ahmed's murder, in Aligarh on Wednesday.
As per a release, the UP Police had announced a cash reward of Rs 5000 on Saadab and he was nabbed by the Noida wing of the STF. A native of Azamgarh, Saadab was the co-accused in the Tanzil Ahmed murder case in Bijnore on the night of April 2.
Saadab and Muneer were also involved in the murder of Alamgir, inside the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) campus. Muneer is absconding since the murder of Ahmad even as the police has attached his property and issued a red corner notice.
The UP Police has earlier announced a reward of Rs 50,000 on his arrest Muneer and later recommended it to raise the reward to Rs 2 lakh.
Four persons including close kin of Afmad have been arrested for plotting the murder along with Muneer.
Preliminary probe and quizzing of the accused revealed that vengeance, personal animosity and domestic disputes were the main motive for the murder.
Tanzil Ahmed was gunned down while his wife was grievously injured when two persons riding a motorbike intercepted his car while he was returning from a marriage reception in Bijnore. later his wife too died during treatment in New Delhi.