Overview

• Hamidullah Bundu Khan, 70, was convicted under IPC sections 302, 307 and 328 for forcing poisonous capsules on his three minor daughters in Old Mustafabad in July 1999, killing two and injuring the eldest.
• He was released on parole during his 20-year sentence but absconded in 2021, triggering a multi-year search across jurisdictional borders.
• On July 25, 2025, the Crime Branch’s Inter-State Cell arrested him at his home in Loni, Ghaziabad, after sustained technical surveillance and informant leads.
• The operation was overseen by ACP Ramesh Chandra Lamba and Inspector Satender Poonia, with teams employing manual tracking alongside electronic monitoring.
• Khan is now in police custody and will be returned to prison to complete the rest of his sentence.