UP EOW nabs fugitive accused in paddy procurement after 10-year hunt

The Uttar Pradesh Police’s Economic Offences Wing (Meerut Zone) on Thursday arrested a fugitive accused after 10 years in a high-value paddy procurement fraud case from Delhi, the agency said.

Suresh Sharma was apprehended in Delhi’s Saket area by a joint team of the EOW and local police.

Sharma, a resident of Alipur Khalsa village in Bulandshahr district, had been absconding for several years in connection with a 2015 fraud case registered at Kotwali Dehat police station under multiple erstwhile IPC sections, including 420 (cheating), 471 (using forged document) and 120B (criminal conspiracy).

This article has been republished from PTI.