Bulandshahr violence: Delhi taxi driver who killed cop arrested by UP police

The police claimed to have arrested on Thursday the man who allegedly shot an inspector dead during the Bulandshahr mob violence early this month.

The arrest of Prashant Nat, around 26, in connection with the killing of Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh during the violence in Siyana area of Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district on December 3, takes the total number of accused held in this case to 29, police said.

"During interrogation, he has confessed to his involvement in the violence and also admitted that he had shot the bullet which killed the inspector," said Atul Kumar Srivastava, additional superintendent of police (ASP), Bulandhshahr city.