26-year-old notorious criminal from Uttar Pradesh arrested in Nashik

A 26-year-old 'notorious criminal' from Uttar Pradesh, allegedly involved in cases of dacoities, murders and assaults, has been arrested by Nashik police from Sanjay Nagar locality on Ambad link road here, a top police official said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Asgar Badlu Shaikh, a resident of Hakimgaon in Nanpara taluka in Bahraich district in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested yesterday from his rented room in Sanjay Nagar here, Nashik Police Commissioner Ravinder Kumar Singhal said.

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"Shaikh was involved in a murder of his wife and a temple priest, besides various cases of dacoities, murders and assaults in UP. He had absconded following the dacoity at a temple and the alleged murder of his own wife and a temple priest," Singhal said. "He had been staying in a rented room in Sanjay Nagar here for the past seven months. Based on a tip-off about his whereabouts, police kept a close watch on Shaikh and arrested him early morning on Tuesday," he said.

According to Singhal, Nashik police have informed the UP police about Shaikh's arrest and a special team is reaching Nashik to take his custody.