Man wanted in murder of custom officer held

A person wanted by CBI in connection with murder of custom officer LD Arora was today arrested by the Special Task Force of UP Police from Fatehpur district.

The agency had announced Rs one lakh on Alimuddin alias Mohammad Shafi, STF sources said here.

Shafi, who was a co-accused in the case along with jailed mafia Om Prakash Srivastava alias Babloo Srivastava was absconding since 1994, they said.

Arora was murdered in 1993.