Overview
- Bareilly police arrested 70-year-old Pradeep Kumar Saxena, convicted in 1989 for the 1987 murder of his brother Sanjeev.
- He absconded after parole in 1989, and on October 16 the Allahabad High Court ordered police to arrest and produce him within four weeks.
- A special team traced him through family leads, including brother Suresh, and inquiries in Moradabad where locals knew him as “Saxena Driver.”
- Police say he had lived as Abdul Rahim since converting to Islam in 2002 and working for years as a driver, keeping a low profile.
- He was located near Delapeer Mandi, initially identified himself as Abdul Raheem, admitted his original identity when shown documents, and was remanded to judicial custody after being produced in court, with the next hearing set for December 18.