KANPUR, Nov. 4 -- Monu Yadav, the prime accused in the murder of Kalpi Bar Association president Gayadeen Ahirwar, was arrested following a police encounter shortly before midnight on Tuesday. This occurred three days after the lawyer was abducted from the Kalpi police station area in Jalaun and later found murdered in Kanpur over a long-standing land dispute.

A reward of Rs.1 lakh had been announced for Yadav, who allegedly carried out the murder for a Rs.10 lakh contract.

Yadav was intercepted by a joint team of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit and police personnel from Kalpi, Orai, Ata and Kadaura on the Johlupur-Madaripur highway while allegedly attempting to flee on a Bullet motorcycle.

According to police, officers sur...