Patna: A Janata Dal (United) legislator from Piro in Bihar's Bhojpur district, Sunil Pandey, has been arrested for allegedly facilitating the escape of a gangster from a court in January.
Notorious gangster Sachidanand Sharma alias Lambu Sharma is an accused in a bomb blast case in which a woman and a police constable were killed and 16 others injured. He had escaped from custody along with another prisoner Akhilesh Upadhyaya while being produced in at a court in Bhojpur's Ara town on January 23.
While Akhilesh Upadhyaya was arrested soon, Sachidanand Sharma remained missing and was arrested in New Delhi by a joint team of Bihar Police and Delhi Police on June 24 and was later brought back to Ara.
Sachidanand Sharma was reportedly promised Rs 50 lakh to accomplish the task.
Last month, Patna police had arrested muscleman legislator from Mokama, Anant Singh, in connection with the kidnapping of a builder of Bihta in November last year.
Notorious gangster Sachidanand Sharma alias Lambu Sharma is an accused in a bomb blast case in which a woman and a police constable were killed and 16 others injured. He had escaped from custody along with another prisoner Akhilesh Upadhyaya while being produced in at a court in Bhojpur's Ara town on January 23.
While Akhilesh Upadhyaya was arrested soon, Sachidanand Sharma remained missing and was arrested in New Delhi by a joint team of Bihar Police and Delhi Police on June 24 and was later brought back to Ara.
Sachidanand Sharma was reportedly promised Rs 50 lakh to accomplish the task.
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Last month, Patna police had arrested muscleman legislator from Mokama, Anant Singh, in connection with the kidnapping of a builder of Bihta in November last year.
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