Homicide accused held with Rs50K bounty after 35 yrs in Kanpur | Kanpur Information – The Occasions of India

Kanpur: Police arrested a homicide accused from Koyla Nagar, Chakeri, after 35 years. The accused, Shaukat, was needed in a case of capturing a person lifeless attributable to rivalry between two wrestlers and had been absconding since 1990. A reward of Rs 50,000 was introduced for him, the police stated on Monday.DCP (Central) Atul Kumar Srivastava stated at a press convention right here on Monday that in 1984, Shaukat had shot lifeless a person named Sultan in Khudare Dadra Rasoolpur Khan of Gonda district attributable to rivalry between teams of two wrestlers. He stated police registered a case in opposition to Shaukat on the grievance of members of the family and despatched him to jail, after which he was transferred to Gonda jail.In 1990, Shaukat absconded after getting bail, the DCP stated. He stated Shaukat had given his deal with as Chamanganj, the place he lived on hire, however regardless of intensive search by the police, his whereabouts couldn’t be traced.After this, on 20 January 2026, Police Commissioner Raghubir Lal introduced a reward of Rs 50,000 on Shaukat. The 2 groups had been deployed to seek for the homicide accused, and 4 cellular numbers of the accused’s members of the family got here up in the course of the investigation, the DCP stated.Following this, Shaukat was arrested from Koyla Nagar, Chakeri. He got here to Kanpur after a very long time and was going to a relative’s home who’s a resident of Chakeri, the DCP stated.Shaukat is at the moment about 70 years previous and is working a vegetable cart in Gonda whereas hiding his id. He was dwelling in Gonda below a modified identify and incomes his livelihood by working a vegetable cart, the DCP stated.