LUCKNOW: Sharp shooter Abdul Kavi, who has been on the run for the previous 18 years after being named in the 2005 BSP MLA Raju Pal homicide case, surrendered before the CBI court in Lucknow on Wednesday.
A recognized shut aide of gangster-turned-politician (*18*) Ahmed, Kavi carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head.
A CBI lawyer confirmed to TOI that Kavi had surrendered and was despatched to jail in 14-day judicial custody.
Extra DG, Prayagraj zone, Bhanu Bhaskar, stated: “It has been a sustained investigation of over 35 days in which Kavi was chased throughout the nation by a number of groups. Succumbing to the strain, he surrendered. No photograph of the accused was accessible with any nationwide or state businesses. However the police tried and introduced it into public gentle. As many as 15 groups have been conducting searches in Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Raipur, Satna, Katni, Jabalpur, Prayagraj, Jalaun, Chitrakoot, Shravasti, Meerut, Saharanpur”.
He added that 19 relations of Kavi, together with his brother, sister, brother-in-law and others have been arrested whereas 28 arms licences of his kin and associates have been cancelled in the previous one month.
Earlier, CBI groups probing the Raju Pal case had compiled property information of the fugitive with an intention to connect his property.
Senior police officers had additionally ready a file on Kavi as he had 4 prison instances, together with two murders, one try to homicide and one explosive act instances, pending in opposition to him.
In the first week of March, Kavi’s elder brother Abdul Qadir was arrested by Kaushambi police on the fees of protecting unlawful firearms in his home.
Throughout a raid at Kavi’s home at Bhakanda village beneath Saray Akil police station, the Kaushambi police had recovered a rifle, 4 nation made pistols, a number of reside cartridges and two knives hidden in the partitions. Some crude bombs have been additionally recovered.
An FIR was lodged in opposition to 11 individuals, together with 5 girls, in this connection. These named in the FIR included Abdul Kavi, his father Abdul Gani, Kavi’s spouse Kaneez Fatima, brother Abdul Qadir and others.
A recognized shut aide of gangster-turned-politician (*18*) Ahmed, Kavi carried a reward of Rs 1 lakh on his head.
A CBI lawyer confirmed to TOI that Kavi had surrendered and was despatched to jail in 14-day judicial custody.
Extra DG, Prayagraj zone, Bhanu Bhaskar, stated: “It has been a sustained investigation of over 35 days in which Kavi was chased throughout the nation by a number of groups. Succumbing to the strain, he surrendered. No photograph of the accused was accessible with any nationwide or state businesses. However the police tried and introduced it into public gentle. As many as 15 groups have been conducting searches in Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Raipur, Satna, Katni, Jabalpur, Prayagraj, Jalaun, Chitrakoot, Shravasti, Meerut, Saharanpur”.
He added that 19 relations of Kavi, together with his brother, sister, brother-in-law and others have been arrested whereas 28 arms licences of his kin and associates have been cancelled in the previous one month.
Earlier, CBI groups probing the Raju Pal case had compiled property information of the fugitive with an intention to connect his property.
Senior police officers had additionally ready a file on Kavi as he had 4 prison instances, together with two murders, one try to homicide and one explosive act instances, pending in opposition to him.
In the first week of March, Kavi’s elder brother Abdul Qadir was arrested by Kaushambi police on the fees of protecting unlawful firearms in his home.
Throughout a raid at Kavi’s home at Bhakanda village beneath Saray Akil police station, the Kaushambi police had recovered a rifle, 4 nation made pistols, a number of reside cartridges and two knives hidden in the partitions. Some crude bombs have been additionally recovered.
An FIR was lodged in opposition to 11 individuals, together with 5 girls, in this connection. These named in the FIR included Abdul Kavi, his father Abdul Gani, Kavi’s spouse Kaneez Fatima, brother Abdul Qadir and others.