Bareilly, September 25: In a major breakthrough, the Special Task Force (STF) Bareilly arrested Sumit, a criminal with a reward of two lakh rupees. In 2015, he served time in jail for the murder of Moradabad politician and then-block chief Dilari Yogendra alias Bhura.
In fact, in 2014, Bhura and his associates were accused of murdering Sumit’s elder brother, Rinku. Sumit committed this crime to avenge this.
On May 12, 2018, Sumit escaped from the district jail in Badaun by jumping over the wall with a rope. After this, he hid under a disguised name in Delhi, Meerut, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Nepal, and Odisha. He also obtained a fake Aadhaar card in the name of Shubham Sharma. He was planning to flee to Nepal again via the Pilibhit-Tanakpur route, but the STF apprehended him before he could do so.
Sumit, adept at evading surveillance, never directly contacted his relatives via phone or social media. Having police officers among his relatives provided him with knowledge of surveillance techniques. Sumit was considered the most wanted criminal in the Bareilly zone. His arrest is being considered a major police success.
Additional Superintendent of Police, STF, Abdul Qadir, stated that Sumit had long been a headache for the police. During his escape, he concealed his identity by shifting locations in several states and even Nepal. He frequently changed his phone number and location to avoid surveillance. The team arrested him based on technical and human intelligence.