Overview

• Dhilla, also known as Mainpal Badli and Sonu Kumar, was brought back on 2 September and taken into custody at Delhi’s IGI Airport by Haryana’s Special Task Force.
• He had been serving life terms for multiple murders and absconded after six weeks’ parole granted on 17 July 2018, later fleeing India via Kolkata in July 2019 on a fraudulently obtained passport.
• The CBI secured an Interpol Red Notice on 6 November 2024, requested provisional arrest on 26 March 2025, and Cambodian authorities confirmed his arrest on 24 July 2025 before agreeing to hand him over.
• In Cambodia’s Siem Reap, he lived under the alias Sonu Kumar, ran a pub/discotheque, and established a family life, according to investigators.
• He is being interrogated in the forged passport case and will face proceedings in his pending matters, with police citing roughly 22 cases including multiple murders and an alleged jail killing.