GORAKHPUR: Gorakhpur crime branch and Khorabar police arrested the accused in Dr KK Mishra kidnapping case after 14 years on Friday. He was arrested from the four-lane underpass near Bankhor temple in Gorakhpur.
The accused identified as Abhirek Yadav was carrying a reward of Rs 50,000. Police recovered a country-made pistol and a cartridge from his possession.
Four other accused in the case are already serving life sentences, and one accused Aziz Ahmad is still absconding, informed SSP Dinesh Kumar P.
The accused Abhirek Yadav, son of Bansh Bahadur Yadav and a resident of Sihulia under Madhuban in Mau district, was in hiding for the last 13 years. He was arrested for a case registered at Chauri Chaura police station under Sections 364 A (kidnapping for ransom), 392 (punishment for robbery), 411(dishonestly receiving stolen property), 420 (fraud), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will, etc), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471(whoever fraudulently or dishonestly uses as genuine any document) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy ) of the IPC, and Gangster Act. Another case was registered against him at Khorabar police station under Section 307 of IPC and Arms Act, said police.
As per reports, in 2007, Dr KK Mishra, a resident of Gita Vatika Road in Shahpur area of Gorakhpur, was returning in his car from Sardarnagar in Chauri Chaura. A group of men kidnapped him on the way near Kushmahi Jungle. When Dr Mishra did not reach home, his brother Kamal Kishore Mishra informed the police. Thereafter, the kidnappers demanded a ransom Rs 30 lakh. Although the police managed to rescue the doctor, neither the police nor his family gave any ransom to the kidnappers.
The prime accused of the case, Bhanu Prasad Yadav, was killed in police encounter, while Sanjay Yadav, Indrajeet Yadav, Kamaldev Yadav and Chandrika Rajbhar are serving life sentences. Police said efforts are on to trace and arrest another accused Aziz Ahmad.
Abhirek kept changing his hideouts for the past 14 years, an arms factory in Kanpur being one of them. His latest hideout was in Madhya Pradesh, and he had come to Gorakhpur for personal work, said police.
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