Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) arrested a ₹50,000 reward-wanted accused in connection with the abduction and murder of transporter Dhirendra Pratap Singh.The accused, Jai Kishan Sharma, was arrested near Sector 10 intersection in the Sushant Golf City area. According to the STF, Dhirendra Pratap Singh, a transporter, owner of an NGO and linked to BJP, had gone missing under suspicious circumstances on Aug 29. His bullet ridden body was recovered the next day. Lucknow police later had arrested his driver Ravi Kishan Sharma alias Ravi Pandit and Omkar. The police had also recovered the SUV in which he was murdered and later dumped about 20 km away.Talking to TOI, deputy SP DK Shahi said that Jai Kishan admitted that the plan to eliminate Dhirendra Pratap Singh was prepared about a month before the crime by his elder brother Ravi Kishan Sharma along with his associates. According to the statement attributed to Jai Kishan, he and his sister-in-law Pooja were informed about the plan and joined it with the expectation of getting a plot and house.He further told investigators that on Aug 29, he, his brother Ravi Kishan and a shooter allegedly sent by Ravi’s associate carried out the killing. Jai Kishan also told investigators that he and Pooja threw Dhirendra’s mobile phone from a train after the incident.
