Maharashtra fraudster held from Lucknow

A Maharashtra based fraudster was arrested by UP Special Task Force (STF) from a Lucknow hotel on Friday night

A Maharashtra based fraudster was arrested by UP Special Task Force (STF) from a Lucknow hotel on Friday night. The accused was putting up in the Lucknow hotel for the past few days to evade arrest by Maharashtra police, STF officials said.

Maharashtra fraudster held from Lucknow (File)

In a press release issued to confirm the arrest, the STF officials shared that the accused was identified as Gujarat resident Madhusudan Rathi. They said the accused was wanted in a fraud case lodged against him in Thane district of Maharashtra in January.

The STF officials shared that the arrest was made from outside a hotel in Vibhav Khand, Gomtinagar and subsequently handed over to the Maharashtra police, who have taken the accused to Maharashtra after securing transit remand from the local court.