New Delhi, Delhi Police Crime Department has apprehended three members of a household who had been on the run for 14 years after allegedly burning a girl alive, an official stated on Friday.
Delhi: On the run for 14 years, 3 of household held for burning lady alive
In 2010, Roshan Aara was set ablaze in her dwelling in northeast Delhi’s Gokul Puri allegedly by Mustafa, Masooma, and Zarrar Khan, Particular Commissioner of Police Devesh Chandra Srivastva stated.
The three accused, natives of West Bengal’s Asansol, belong to the identical household and went absconding shortly after the homicide, the officer stated, including that they remained elusive, assuming pretend identities and shifting throughout states to evade arrest.
It was not instantly identified why the trio dedicated the crime.
“In December, 2011, a court officially declared them ‘Proclaimed Offenders’ and recently, a reward of ₹1.5 lakh was announced by the Delhi Police Commissioner for information leading to their capture,” the Particular CP stated.
The officer stated {that a} workforce gathering intelligence, analyzing social media profiles, and reviewing name element data led to the identification of an important clue.
“A customer application form with a photograph of Mustafa, though the personal details had been altered, was recovered by the team,” he said.
The team’s first breakthrough came in Jamshedpur in Jharkhand where Mustafa was living under a fake name, Abdul Karim, Srivastva said.
“Later, he was apprehended on December 11 at around 5.30 am. His interrogation revealed the whereabouts of Masooma, who had adopted the identity of Reshma Hafiz and was also residing in Jamshedpur. Subsequently she was also apprehended,” he stated.
Additional questioning disclosed that Zarrar Khan was hiding in Khoda Colony in Ghaziabad. The workforce carried out a raid and apprehended him on December 12.
The police stated all three accused have been handed over to the native police for additional investigation.