Arun who killed Atiq and Ashraf
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The criminal record of Kasganj’s Arun Maurya, who was involved in the murder of notorious criminals Atiq-Ashraf of Eastern UP, has been investigated by the Aligarh Range Police. It has been revealed so far that Arun, originally from Kasganj, was born in Panipat, Haryana, and there he has come into crime and two cases of Arms Act and assault are registered against him.
It has also come to light that Arun, who was released from jail six months back, came to his village and then went back to Panipat. After this, he went missing saying that he was going to attend a friend’s wedding in Delhi. Since then he was not in contact with anyone.
As per details gathered by the range police, Arun is a native of village Kadarwadi in Soron area of Kasganj and lived in Vikas Nagar, Panipat. According to the information received by the police, in the year 1988, his grandfather Mathura Prasad had gone to Panipat. First they lived on rent, later they built a house there. Arun was born there. Last days his father had come to his ancestral house in Kasganj. But Arun did not come.
According to the police investigation, he was first caught in February 2022 along with weapons on the charges of illegal arms supply from the liquor contract of Panipat. He had accepted that with the help of Kasganj’s friend Atul, he had bought this weapon by taking a loan of Rs 3,000. Later, the police also arrested Atul. Meanwhile, befriended many criminals in the jail.
Six months ago, he went to jail in the Panipat assault case. After being released from there, came to the ancestral village with his uncle and aunt. Then went back to Panipat. But a few days back he disappeared from Panipat. Giving information about this, DIG Sureshrao A. Kulkarni says that information is being sought from each and every member of Arun’s native village. Adequate security arrangements have been made in the village. Two cases have come to light in the investigation so far.