NEW DELHI, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The prime suspect in the lynching of a teenager Junaid Khan last month has been arrested by police in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, officials said Sunday.
The accused was arrested by railway police personnel in Dhule district of on Saturday evening.
"A team was sent to Dhule following on a tip-off that the accused was hiding there. The police arrested the accused and he would be produced before a court tomorrow," a senior official of government railway police (GRP), Kamaldeep Goyal said.
"The accused was nabbed from Sakri in Dhule district. During interrogation, the accused confessed of having killed Junaid Khan."
Officials, however, are not disclosing the identity of the accused.
The police earlier arrested five persons including a Delhi government employee in connection with the killing of teenager on a moving train in the northern state of Haryana.
The victim along with his brothers was returning home from Delhi when a mob attacked them.
Khan was stabbed to death while his brothers were injured by the mob.
