The Special Task Force (STF), on Sunday, nabbed a criminal wanted in a murderous assault case in which a Gorakhpur native Rajman Yadav had suffered firearm injuries in a flood relief camp in Gagha Police station in after noon on April 19.
The incident had posed a serious challenge on law and order front with people took to street to criticize police for failing to control crime and they later had torched miscreant motorcycle. Police had to work overtime to control the situation. Police later had declared Rs 15,000 in the name of the miscreant.
The miscreant identified as Govind Yadav of Jhangha police station area of Gorakhpur disclosed that he had an enmity with Rajaman and he shot at him after he saw him at the flood relief camp at Siyar Mod market locality under Gagha police station area and picked a fight with him. He told that villagers were submitting application for the help in the camp when he had executed the crime.
After the daring crime in the relief camp, the applicants were scared out f their wit and it later had ensued into a stampede in the market in the locality. By the time police reached the scene, Govind fled the scene leaving his motorcycle at the crime scene. He later took a dinghy and crossed the river to reach Deoria where he was hiding.
Police said Govind was planning a second attack on Rajman who had survived the previous attack and an informer tipped them about his plan. “We put a tab on his movement. On Sunday we were tipped off that Govind’ visit and we nabbed him,” the police said.