A former Uttar Pradesh minister's son who had been absconding in a case related to running an illegal meat factory was arrested on Monday, a police officer said.
Firoz Qureishi, the son of former minister Haji Yakoob Qureishi, was arrested from Ghaziabad, the officer said.
The police had announced a reward of Rs 25,000 for information leading to his arrest.
A team of officials from various departments raided Qureishi's meat factory here on March 31 this year and arrested 10 employees for alleged illegal packaging of meat there.
A case was lodged against 17 people, including Firoz, his father Haji Yakoob Qureishi, mother Sanjida Begum, and brother Imran, in connection with the matter, the police said.
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Attempts were underway to nab Yakoob and Imran wile Sanjida is on bail, the police said.
