Murder accused on run for three years nabbed from Amarnath yatra

A 28-year-old youth, who had fatally thrashed a person in the capital three years ago with a baseball bat, was caught by the Delhi Police from Amarnath pilgrimage in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said.

- UJWAL JALALI

Identified as Arun alias Rikki, the accused was evading his arrest since 2021 and had been subsequently declared as a proclaimed offender in February, 2022 by a local court.

DCP (Crime) Satish Kumar said they had been working on tracing the absconding accused of heinous cases when one proclaimed offender Arun alias Rikki, a resident of Village Madipur Delhi was identified, who was frequently changing his location in Delhi.