Bulandshahr/UNI: A wanted criminal, carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 on his head and was absconding in a murder case since four months, was arrested in this Uttar Pradesh district, police said on Saturday.
Superintendent of Police (Rural) Harendra Kumar Singh here said that Aas Mohammad had murdered one Shahid, a resident of Mohalla Kheerkhani in the Khurja area, over a property dispute along with his brother and two aides after shooting him on Dec 10.
He was absconding since the incident and police was on the lookout for him.
The SP said that the Khurja Nagar police arrested the accused near Pila Bamba when he was about to go somewhere else.
A country-made pistol and a live cartridge has been recovered from the possession of the accused.
A case under the Arms Act has been registered against him and he has been sent to jail.
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