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UP: STF arrests Rs 1 lakh rewarded criminal in murder, robbery case

Kannauj, Jan 23 (UNI) The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) today arrested a criminal carrying a reward of Rs 1 lakh from Kannauj district in connection with the murder of a woman and a robbery case.
According to STF Additional Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Dixit, the arrested accused, identified as Pankaj Chauhan alias Jaswant, a resident of Nathai Deeh village in Baralampur district, had been absconding. He was arrested around 2:45 pm near a Nayara petrol pump in Kannauj.
During interrogation, it was revealed that Pankaj and his son-in-law Suraj Kashyap had been working as tile installers for several years. They had taken up a tile-laying job at the residence of Sunita Devi, a resident of Makrand Nagar in Kannauj. While working there, they came to know that the woman possessed a large amount of cash and jewellery. As part of a planned conspiracy, they gained her trust. Finding an opportunity, the accused tied up Sunita Devi and her daughter, looted the house, and fled. During the incident, Sunita Devi died due to suffocation after the accused stuffed cloth into her mouth.
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