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Darbhanga engineers' killer found, arrested

Speed News Desk | Updated on: 10 February 2017, 1:48 IST

The Bihar police have arrested Mukesh Pathak, the man allegedly involved in the murder of two engineers in Darbhanga last December.

Pathak had a bounty of Rs 1 lakh on his head and was wanted for threatening contractors, doctors, businessmen and others in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. He was arrested in Jharkhand after the Bihar police received intelligence of his whereabouts, says The Telegraph.

Pathak was arrested on the Jammu Tawi Express, say police sources. He had visited the Vaishno Devi temple in Jammu and was headed for Nepal via Jharkhand and Bihar.

He has 16 cases of murder, extortion, kidnapping and atrocities against women against him from East Champaran, Gopalganj, Sheohar, Sitamarhi and Darbhanga districts of Bihar.

He had taken charge of his mentor Santosh Jha's gang after Jha was arrested and jailed in 2014, said the police.

First published: 12 July 2016, 8:11 IST