Man held on murder charge

Ghaziabad | Thursday | 9th September, 2021

Summary:

Ghaziabad, Sep 9 (PTI) Police here arrested a man for allegedly murdering a youth earlier this month, an official said on Thursday.

The accused, identified as Kapil, alias Gandhi, was arrested after he opened fire at a police team on the Shahjahanpur road on Wednesday night.

In retaliatory firing, he received a bullet injury.

Kapil was carrying a reward of Rs 20,000 on his arrest, SP (Rural) Iraj Raja said.

Kapil confessed that he killed Manoj, alias Guddu, earlier this month, police said.

Police have recovered a countrymade pistol, one live and two used cartridges besides a bike from him, the SP said.