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The main accused successful the execution of writer Lakshmi Narayan Singh alias Pappu was arrested precocious connected Thursday nighttime aft a constabulary brushwood successful Prayagraj, officials said connected Friday (October 24, 2025).
Singh (54), a writer by assemblage and nephew of erstwhile High Court Bar Association main Ashok Singh, was hacked to decease adjacent the Harsh Hotel connected Thursday (October 23, 2025) evening.
He was rushed to the Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital successful a captious condition, wherever doctors declared him dead.
Additional Commissioner of Police, Ajay Pal Sharma, said connected Friday that grounds from the transgression country and statements of the eyewitnesses revealed that the onslaught connected Singh was carried retired by Vishal on with a fewer others.
Vishal purchased a weapon from the Machhli Bazaar successful Khuldabad, which was aboriginal utilized to onslaught Singh.
During a late-night brushwood adjacent the transgression scene, the accused was injured aft being changeable thrice connected his legs. He has been admitted to a hospital, Mr. Sharma said.
Efforts are underway to hint different accused progressive successful the killing, portion 2 different suspects person been detained for questioning, the serviceman said.
Preliminary probe suggests that the accused and the deceased had a quality a fewer days back. The nonstop origin of the disagreement is being probed, Mr. Sharma said.
