UP police arrests suspect in BSP leader’s murder

The Ghaziabad police on Saturday arrested a criminal in Uttar Pradesh who was involved in the 2013 murder of Bahujan Samaj Party leader Deepak Bhardwaj, reports IANS.

Machhendra Nath alias Baba Pratibhan, who carried a bounty of Rs one lakh by the Delhi Police, was on the run for the last four years, a police officer said. Nath is a resident of Beed in Maharashtra.

Bhardwaj was shot dead at his 34-acre Nitesh Kunj farm house near the toll plaza in Gurugram.