Gangster, who killed a doctor in Bijnor, arrested

  • | Monday | 17th September, 2018

GHAZIABAD: A 45-year-old gangster , an accused in the murder of a doctor in Bijnor six years ago, was arrested on Saturday. “Amzad suspected Dr Shehzaad of being a police informer. He suspected Dr Shehzaad of tipping off the police that had led to the encounter death of Kalia. The accused, Amzad alias Pahadi, was carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on his head.According to police, Amzad used to work with dreaded western UP gangster Nafees Kalia before he was killed in an encounter in 2002. He was a sharpshooter in the gang of Nafees Kalia.

GHAZIABAD: A 45-year-old gangster , an accused in the murder of a doctor in Bijnor six years ago, was arrested on Saturday. The accused, Amzad alias Pahadi, was carrying a reward of Rs 50,000 on his head.According to police, Amzad used to work with dreaded western UP gangster Nafees Kalia before he was killed in an encounter in 2002. Kalia was a history-sheeter in two police stations of Muzaffarnagar and Saharanpur. On Saturday, Amzad was arrested from the Hindon Elevated Road near Indirapuram when he was riding an allegedly stolen motorbike.Amzad had gunned down Dr Shehzaad, a well-known physician of Bijnor, 2012. “Amzad suspected Dr Shehzaad of being a police informer. He was a sharpshooter in the gang of Nafees Kalia. He suspected Dr Shehzaad of tipping off the police that had led to the encounter death of Kalia. At one point of time, Nafees used to work with another notorious gangster of western UP, Sushil Moochh. However, Amzad preferred to stay with Nafees when he separated from Moochh,” SSP Vaibhav Krishna said.Amzad is accused in 11 cases pertaining to robbery, murder and extortion in western UP, most of which primarily took place in Bijnor. He was declared absconding from Najibabad police station of Bijnor around five months ago.“Amzad is considered as one of the notorious criminals of western UP. He was active for the past several years. The inspector-general of Moradabad had announced the reward on Amzad,” said Krishna. Police are probing the activities of Amzad during the time he was absconding. It is suspected he was raising his own gang of criminals in western UP.

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