Chennai biker couple shooting in UP: One suspect arrested, finally

Over two months after a newly-married couple was shot at by unknown assailants in Uttar Pradesh, state police have arrested one of two suspects. They are both highway robbers, reports TNIE.

The couple, Aditya Kumar and Vijaya Lakshmi had gone to Delhi on June 3 and drove down to Uttarakhand to visit Haridwar. While returning to Delhi on a motorbike on June 17 to catch a flight, they were shot at on the NH58. The stretch fell under the Nai Mandi police station in Muzaffarnagar district.

Following the shooting, a case was registered and a search was launched for the bike-borne culprits. Aditya however succumbed to his injures in a private hospital on June 23.

Both of them had gotten married in May this year and worked at L&T in Nandambakkam in Chennai.

The Assistant Superintendent of Police of the Nai Mandi police station told TNIE that the suspeccts were Amjad from Harsoli village and Tanvir from a Muzaffarnagar village. "The men are notorious robbers and mainly target people travelling on the highway. They are known for robbing cars and motorbikes at knifepoint on highways," he added.

Ajmad has been arrested with the help of CCTV footage but the search for Tanvir is still underway. Amjad allegedly has 25 cases pending against him, including two murder cases. Tanvir meanwhile, is reportedly involved in 18 more cases.

“They followed the couple, and after learning they were from another state decided to rob from them. Hence, they kept following the couple on NH58 and then shot Aditya Kumar.” said another investigating officer.