Chandigarh, Feb. 17 -- Chandigarh Police arrested a parole jumper sentenced to life imprisonment in a murder case and four individuals in a drug case.

Arjun Thakur, alias Munna, a 24-year-old convict serving a life sentence in a 2022 murder case, was apprehended by the police after jumping parole. Thakur was granted parole from November 14 to December 13, 2024, but failed to return to Model Jail, Chandigarh. Acting on intelligence that he was planning further murders in the tricity area, the police launched an operation to apprehend him.

On February 15, Thakur was arrested in the Maloya area. During the operation, the police recovered a country-made pistol and two live cartridges from his possession. He was presented before a local cour...