New Delhi: Police arrested on Saturday the fugitive knifeman who stabbed 16-year-old Junaid Khan and his brothers on a Mathura-bound train on June 22 in a fatal communal attack.
The 32-year-old man was caught in Maharashtra’s Dhule, where he was hiding since the attack that triggered national outrage and protests as it became the latest example of growing religious intolerance in India. “I heard the news of his arrest and am told he is being brought to Faridabad. I am satisfied with the police’s role,” said Jalaludin Khan, slain teenager’s father.
Police said the accused confessed to have stabbed Junaid and his associates when they were returning to Ballabhgarh after Eid shopping in New Delhi.