After court rap, cops arrest man wanted for murder 36 years ago

Bareilly | Wednesday | 3rd October, 2018

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Bareilly: On the orders of the Allahabad high court, the court of chief judicial magistrate in Bareilly slammed the local police and instructed the senior superintendent of police to take action in a 36-year-old murder case. The police team went to Labheda village and arrested him.”The accused was on Wednesday produced in the high court, which granted him bail. The development took place on Monday and a day later, police arrested the accused from Labheda village under Hafizganj police station.Zakir was arrested and jailed for killing a man in 1982. However, on receiving instructions from SSP Muniraj G, we sent a team to Kalari village where we came to know that the accused had moved to Labheda village. The local court issued several warrants to arrest him, but police could not trace him,” a senior official said.The SHO of Izzatnagar police station, inspector Upendra Singh, who arrested Zakir, said, “He was booked under IPC section 302 (murder) in 1982..