Wanted criminal held

LUCKNOW: A seasoned criminal who escaped from police custody in 2006 was caught from Mahanagar area on Saturday evening around 4.30 p.m.
Mafrur Jarar, carrying a cash reward of Rs 10,000 on his head after he escaped from police custody from district session court, was nabbed by policemen near Nishatganj tempo stand on Saturday.
Jarar was awarded life imprisonment by court for murder of an eight-year-old boy Khalid, after his abduction from Saadatganj area in 2006.Jarar managed to give police the slip when he was taken to court for trial.
A resident of Sandila area in Hardoi district, Jarar had changed his identity and was running a small-time business in Delhi for the past five years, said the police. TOI had highlighted on December 8 the issue of hardcore criminals escaping from court premises giving to police the slip.
Inter-state gang busted: Members of an inter-state auto lifting gang were caught by the special operations group of Lucknow police on Friday night from Chinhat area with the help of the local police. The gang has a network across several states including Haryana, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh.
Police stopped a car and jeep near Babu Banarsi Das University on Faizabad road on Friday. The police team asked the drivers to show registration papers of the motor vehicles and the three men in the motor vehicles were not able to produce the documents. On being pressed the trio confessed that along with other members of the gang they stole the car from Ghaziabad and Bolero from Madhya Pradesh.
The three accused (Rae Bareli resident Geetanand Yadav, Mathura resident Rakesh Singh and Agra resident Hridesh) told police that they used local agents and contacts to get forged registration papers of the motor vehicles and sold them. The police said close to 15 miscreants from different states are members of the gang. Moreover, Gosainganj and Sarojininagar police teams in separate operations caught auto lifters from their areas on Saturday.
Meanwhile, a 26-yr-old woman died under mysterious circumstances near SGPGIMS. The deceased was identified as Sangeeta Rawat, a widow.