UP Politician Convoy Attack: Shooter Arrested With Sophisticated Weapons
NDTV
The arrested man has been identified as Ankit alias Arvind Poswal (33) and is alleged to be involved in the attack on the convoy of an RLD leader.
The Special Task Force of the Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday arrested a fifth shooter allegedly involved in the December 5 attack on a convoy of a Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) politician in Bulandshahr, officials said.
The Noida unit of the STF, which led the arrest, also seized three firearms, including two Glock pistols and a highly sophisticated Austria-made weapon typically used by police and military officials, they said.
The arrested man has been identified as Ankit alias Arvind Poswal (33), and is alleged to be involved in the attack on the convoy of RLD leader Haji Yunus that resulted in the death of one person, the officials said.
Additional Superintendent of Police (STF) Raj Kumar Mishra said the agency had been on alert about the movement of wanted criminals in western UP and had received a tip-off about Ankit's presence in Bulandshahr on Thursday.
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