Overview

• Shankar Jagdish Mukhiya alias Samosewala was arrested in Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district, Punjab, after absconding from parole in May 2022
• He faces murder charges under IPC Section 302 for the 2016 killing of Dilip Basnet and an IPC Section 224 case for escape from lawful custody
• Vasai-Virar Crime Branch Unit 2 carried out weeks of surveillance and intelligence operations that pinpointed his location in Punjab
• Investigators say Mukhiya repeatedly assumed new identities and shifted residences to evade capture over the past four years
• Authorities plan to extradite him to Maharashtra where he will be formally arraigned and returned to court proceedings