Varanasi: The Special Task Force of state police on Tuesday arrested a looter, Vipin Singh, who was also on the radar of Palghar (Maharashtra) police, in Jaunpur district.
According to STF, its field unit arrested Niraj Singh on September 5 in the case of killing a jeweller in a loot bid. He divulged that Vipin Singh of Kakori in Jalalpur was also involved in the incident, after which a cash reward of Rs 20,000 was announced on Vipin and the police launched a search for him.
After locating Vipin near Benipur crossing under the limits of Nevadhia police station, the STF personnel caught him in the afternoon.
During initial interrogation he confessed to have been involved in attacking the jeweller brothers for loot in June.
The STF said it also came to light that Vipin had also fled with crores of rupees from Palghar in 2014, after which a case had also been registered against him. He was currently staying in Manduadih in Varanasi.