Kannauj, Jan. 23 -- The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) today arrested a criminal carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh from Kannauj district in connection with the murder of a woman and a robbery case.
According to STF Additional Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Dixit, the arrested accused, identified as Pankaj Chauhan alias Jaswant, a resident of Nathai Deeh village in Baralampur district, had been absconding. He was arrested around 2:45 pm near a Nayara petrol pump in Kannauj.
During interrogation, it was revealed that Pankaj and his son-in-law Suraj Kashyap had been working as tile installers for several years. They had taken up a tile-laying job at the residence of Sunita Devi, a resident of Makrand Nagar in Kannauj. While working th...