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Delhi Police Arrest Parole Jumper Convicted in 2007 Rape-Murder in Patna After Four Years on the Run

Technical surveillance with human intelligence led investigators to his Patna hideout.

Overview

  • An ARSC Crime Branch team conducted a three-month operation after receiving a tip-off and traced the fugitive to Bihar.
  • Inspectors Mangesh Tyagi and Robin Tyagi led the team that apprehended Sanjay, who had been living under the name Sujoy.
  • He had been granted parole in June 2021 and failed to surrender at the end of the period, according to police.
  • Sanjay was convicted for the October 2007 rape and murder of a six-year-old in Kapashera, received a life sentence in 2010, and lost his appeal in 2014.
  • While absconding, he was booked in a 2021 case at Didarganj police station in Patna for assaulting women with intent to outrage modesty, and he entered two marriages.