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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)