GORAKHPUR: Police on Saturday arrested sixth and the last named cop wanted in connection with the murder of Manish Gupta – the Kanpur businessman who was allegedly beaten to death by police in a hotel.
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Sub-inspector Vijay Yadav was absconding since the police had registered a case of murder in connection with the incident. He was carrying an Rs 1 lakh cash reward on his head.
Vijay Yadav was arrested from Cantonment area in Gorakhpur when he was planning to surrender in a court, DIG, Gorakhpur Range, J Ravindra Gaud said.
On October 13, police had arrested constable Kamlesh Yadav. A day ago, sub- inspector Rahul Dubey and constable Prashant Kumar were arrested.
Prior to that, police had arrested the main accused, inspector JN Singh and sub-inspector Akshay Mishra.
The special investigation team (SIT) of the Kanpur police, which is probing the case, had named six policemen as accused and announced bounty of Rs 1 lakh each on them on October 8.
On September 27, then JN Singh, Akshay Mishra, Vijay Yadav and three other cops had barged into a hotel room, where Gupta was staying with his two aides.
Later, police allegedly thrashed them following which Gupta suffered fatal injuries.