Prayagraj, July 03: Khalid Azim alias Ashraf, brother of former MP Atiq Ahmad has been arrested by the Crime Branch from Hatwa village on Thursday night.
However, the accused carrying a reward of Rs one lakh is being interrogated at Cantt Police station.
Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Crime Ashutosh Mishra has confirmed the arrest of Ashraf.
A reward of one lakh was declared by the police on the arrest of Khalid Azim alias Ashraf, a resident of Chakia in Khuldabad. The Police were looking for him for the last three years.
There are many criminal cases registered against him including the murder of former MLA Late Raju Pal.
However, the police have been looking for him since he was declared โwantedโ in the Alkma murder case in the Dhumganj police station area and the murder of a farmer in the civil lines.
If sources are to be believed, Ashraf has been arrested by the Crime Branch team near his in-laws village in Hatwa near Kaushambi.
