Mohali, Nov. 8 -- The prime accused in the 2017 double murder of senior journalist KJ Singh and his mother, Gurcharan Kaur, has been re-arrested from Noida, Uttar Pradesh, after remaining on the run for three years.

The accused, who had been declared a proclaimed offender after skipping court hearings, was traced by the Mohali police under a special drive to nab absconders.

Confirming the arrest, Mohali senior superintendent of police (SSP) Harmandeep Singh Hans said a police team nabbed Gaurav Kumar, 27, a native of Pippala village in Bulandshahr district, who had been hiding in Noida for the past few years and working as a security manager at a residential society.

The accused was traced through human intelligence and technical surve...