LUCKNOW, Nov. 7 -- A resident of Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj wanted for nearly 10 years in a bank fraud case has been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) from Gurugram, Haryana. Shekhar Singh, who carried a reward of Rs.50,000 on his arrest, was apprehended from a paying guest hostel in the Sukhrali area on Friday.

Singh, a native of Ballia who had been living in Basant Vihar Colony under Jhusi police station limits in Prayagraj, was wanted in a case registered in 2016 for cheating, impersonation and forgery. He is accused of using forged identity documents to withdraw money from the bank account of his cousin Umesh Kumar Singh.

According to the STF, Umesh had purchased shares worth Rs.2,000 in a company through the sto...