Prayagraj: Pratapgarh police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested five criminals, including two of them carrying a Rs 25,000 cash reward each for allegedly involved in the Patti tehsil registry office firing incident. The police have seized nine vehicles from their possession.The arrested persons were identified as Shivam Pandey (30) and his brother Vipin Pandey alias Vikas Pandey (25), both residents of Aurain village. Besides, police have also arrested three more miscreants, including Jai Prakash Maurya alias Chandu Maurya of Birauti, Harish Jaiswal alias Panne of Lalganj Bazar, and Akhilesh Srivastava of Ramkola.SP (Pratapgarh) Dr Anil Kumar told TOI that the police have announced a Rs 25,000 cash reward each on six wanted criminals, including the block chief of Baba Belkharnath Dham, in connection with the Patti tehsil registry office firing case that left two persons injured. He added, “Two out of six wanted criminals were arrested, and five police teams are carrying out raids to catch other four absconders.” The police are looking for block chief of Baba Belkharnath Dham, identified as Sushil Singh, who was prime accused in incident. The police have also started the procedure to cancel the arms licence of Sushil Singh regarding incident. tnn
