AMN
The prime accused in the killing of Muslim youth Junaid Khan onboard a Mathura-bound train was today arrested from Dhule district of Maharashtra.
Government Railway Police (GRP), in a statement said, a team was sent to Dhule following on a tip- off that the accused was hiding there. The police arrested the accused and he would be produced before a court tomorrow.
SP, GRP, Kamaldeep Goyal said that the accused was nabbed from Sakri in Dhule district. He said that during interrogation, the accused had “confessed” to having killed 17-year-old Junaid Khan. He said, the identity of the accused was not disclosed keeping in mind the legal process.
The police had, earlier arrested five persons including a Delhi government employee in connection with the killing of Junaid between Ballabgarh and Mathura stations onboard a Delhi-Mathura passenger train.
Junaid was stabbed to death while his brothers, Hashim and Sakir, were injured by a mob which also allegedly hurled communal slurs against them. The June 22nd killing had triggered a nationwide outrage.