Meerut, July 8 -- After a six-month-long manhunt across five states, Saharanpur police on Monday arrested the main accused in the murder of property dealer Suresh Rana, who was gunned down in January this year. The accused, Armaan alias Deepu alias Sippy, a sharpshooter with a bounty of Rs.1 lakh on his head, was injured in an encounter on Khajuri-Akbarpur Road in Saharanpur, with bullets striking both his legs. Two of his accomplices managed to escape under cover of darkness.

To apprehend the elusive shooter, five police teams scoured Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, and Bihar, collectively covering over 2 lakh kilometres in search operations.

"Sippy was constantly changing locations to dodge the police dragnet. His tech-sa...