LUCKNOW, March 2 -- The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) on Monday arrested a criminal carrying a Rs.50,000 reward from Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur district. Darshan Singh alias Pradeep Singh is accused of attacking a police team last year. The accused was apprehended around 1:40 pm near the old bridge on Aam Ghat-Purana Pul Marg in the Haliyapur police station area following specific intelligence inputs, according to a press note issued by senior police officials.

A resident of Sultanpur's Gopalpur village, Singh was wanted in a case registered on November 20, 2025, at Haliyapur police station under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including 191(2), 193(3), 190, 262, 121(1), 132, 310(2), 352, 351(3) and 109 for...