Dubai-based gangster Shariq Satha's name to be included as key conspirator

POLICE HAVE EVEN QUESTIONED SATHA'S WIFE ABOUT HIS WHEREABOUTS

- Rohit Kumar Singh

LUCKNOW: The name of Shariq Satha, a Dubai-based absconding gangster from Sambhal, is likely to be included as one of the key conspirators by police in the cases related to last November's violence in Sambhal district during the survey of Shahi Jama Masjid in which four people had died, confirmed senior police officials privy to the ongoing probe.

They said the Sambhal Police even questioned Satha's wife about his whereabouts earlier this week. As per the police, Satha is a local criminal from Deepa Sarai area of Sambhal and said to be operating a wide nexus of network dealing in weapons as well as supplying stolen four-wheelers from Delhi and nearby regions to northeastern states.