An enormous search operation involving 12 Delhi police teams was on in Mathura and other parts of Uttar Pradesh to nab the accused. According to the Police, Yadav was residing in a rented accommodation in Chandarpuri area in Mathura and when the police team reached at his residence, he was not found there.
 
In the evening, the joint team headed by ASP Ajay Pal of Uttar Pradesh Police held the accused from a house at Meer Magan Highway in Mathura which was at a space of about one km from his rented home.

The police also said that identity of the owner of the house from where Yadav was arrested was yet to be ascertained. It said Yadav originally hails from Elau police station area of Mainpuri district in Uttar Pradesh.