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Dreaded criminal arrested in Siwan district

Siwan, May 29 (UNI) A special police team arrested two members of an inter state gang including the kingpin and recovered a huge cache of firearms from them at Gayaspur village under Siswan police station in the district late last night.
Police Superintendent of Siwan Saurabh Kumar Shah told newspersons here that Rais Khan, the gang leader and his shooter Aftab Mian were arrested, when they were planning to commit some crime. At least 46 cases of kidnapping, murder, loot and extortion had been lodged against Rais in different districts of the state and Delhi. He was also carrying an award of Rs 50,000 on his head.
A number of hand grenades, one carbine, magazine and pistol each, and 51 live cartridges were recovered from their possession. The police also recovered four motorcycles, five mobile phone sets and Rs 1.12 lakh in cash from the spot.
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