Overview

• Crime Branch’s Inter State Cell traced and arrested Virender Vimal in Gorakhpur on October 11 after sustained surveillance and digital tracking.
• Police confirmed his identity using the Crime Kundli biometric database and a Facial Recognition System that matched current photos to past records.
• He had submitted an MCD certificate dated August 24, 2021, which recorded him as deceased and led to the abatement of court proceedings for years.
• Vimal was wanted in four 2020 FIRs at Bawana for night-time burglaries at homes and factories, theft of vehicles, and possession of an illegal firearm.
• He has been produced before a court under Section 35(1)(b) of the BNSS as investigators examine the alleged forgery and revive the pending cases.