Lucknow: Three days after allegedly killing a man during a fracas in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia, Dhirendra Pratap Singh was finally arrested by UP Police's Special Task Force (STF) from Lucknow on Sunday. He has been arrested a day after he moved an application to the police expressing intent to surrender after being on the run for nearly three days.
Dhirendra Pratap Singh's arrest has come less than an hour after two more accused were arrested in connection with the Ballia murder case. As many as five accused have been arrested by UP Police so far.
While speaking to media, IG STF Amitabh Yash said, "Dhirendra Singh and his accomplices were arrested from Lucknow today. They're being questioned at an undisclosed location. Arms recovered from the possession of his accomplices. STF is gathering more information on the weapons used at the time of the incident."
Singh and others have been accused of shooting a man dead during a meeting for allotment of shops under government quota in Durjanpur village in Ballia.
Despite a video surfacing on social media where Dhirendra could be purportedly seen firing shots, Bariya BJP MLA Surendra Singh has been vehemently defending the accused saying he fired shots in self-defence and making controversial comments against the police investigation.
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