UP STF arrests two lively members of gang run by serial killer brothers
LUCKNOW: A crew of the UP Particular Process Pressure (STF) arrested two lively members of a gang run by jailed serial killer brothers Salim, Rustam, and Sohrab on Thursday.
The accused, Salman aka Aftab Malik of Khadra and Mohammed Arshad Siddiqui of Madeyganj, had been arrested on a tip-off from an informer. They had been allegedly planning to loot a jeweler within the space.
The police recovered two country-made pistols every of various bore, 5 dwell cartridges, two cell phones, and a automobile from the accused.
Deputy SP, STF, DK Shahi mentioned that they acquired a tip-off that two lively members of the gang had been planning to loot a jeweler and labored on the case. Subsequent investigation revealed that the accused had been going in the direction of the Scorpio Membership, the place the police laid a lure and nabbed them.
“The arrest of the accused additionally solved a case of homicide of a lady named Mansi who was kidnapped from her home close to Integral College within the space on September 4 and was murdered later by them,” mentioned Shahi.
The accused Mohammed Arshad Siddiqui mentioned his married brother had fallen in love with Mansi, a 20-year-old daughter of a farmer, who was forcing him to marry her. He claimed that the love saga had disturbed the peace at his home.
So, he together with Salman deliberate the homicide of Mansi. He mentioned that he and Salman stabbed her to dying and later dumped her physique within the Ghaghra river in Bahraich.
“They additional confessed that they threw Mansi’s cell phone and the knives within the Ghaghra river and their blood-stained costume within the Gomti river to cover their crime,” mentioned the officer.
The arrest of the 2 accused is a serious breakthrough for the STF. The police are actually investigating the involvement of the serial killer brothers in different crimes. The serial killer brothers Salim, Rustam, and Sohrab had shot to infamy once they shot useless three individuals in Hussainganj, Hasanganj and Madiaon in a span of simply 45 minutes a day earlier than Eid in 2005.
