Overview

• Sanjay, 40, was convicted in 2010 for raping and murdering a six-year-old in Kapashera in 2007, with the Delhi High Court upholding the verdict in 2014.
• He was released on parole on June 15, 2021 by the Delhi High Court, failed to surrender at expiry, and disappeared under the alias “Sujoy.”
• Investigators say he moved across Bihar, married twice while absconding, and relied on income from family agricultural land.
• Police link him to a 2021 Patna case for barging into a neighbour’s home and assaulting women with intent to outrage modesty, registered at Didarganj police station.
• The Crime Branch’s ARSC unit, led by Inspectors Mangesh Tyagi and Robin Tyagi, used tip-offs, surveillance, and human sources to arrest him in Patna on August 28.