Overview

• Arjun Kumar, also known as Bhola, was arrested by a Delhi Police Crime Branch team at Raxaul on the India–Nepal border.
• He had been wanted since November 16, 2017, for allegedly stabbing and slitting the throat of a 22-year-old woman in New Ashok Nagar, Delhi.
• The accused was declared a proclaimed offender and carried a Rs 1 lakh reward as investigators maintained long-term surveillance.
• Delhi Police say he was previously convicted in Nepal for murdering an acquaintance’s mother and was serving a 25-year sentence.
• Officials attribute his flight to a jailbreak during Nepal’s recent unrest, which left at least 51 people dead, and say he was intercepted while trying to enter Bihar.