CBI arrests man on run for murder after 26 years
New Delhi, Aug. 17 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a man who was on the run for over 26 years after committing a murder in Saudi Arabia, agency said on Saturday.
The accused, identified as Mohammad Dilshad, was nabbed at the IGI Airport in Delhi on August 11 as he returned from Madinah via Jeddah under a new identity and passport.
Dilshad, who worked as a heavy motor mechanic and security guard in Riyadh, allegedly murdered an individual at his place of work in 1999, the agency said in a statement.
He gave a slip to Saudi authorities and fled to India, where he assumed a new identity and passport through deceptive means, it said, adding Dilshad continued to evade law enforcement using the new passport, which allowed him to frequently visit Gulf countries during the period.
The CBI took over the case in April 2022 at the request of Saudi Arabia to trace and locally prosecute the absconder, an official said. The federal probe agency tracked Dilshad's native village in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district, following which a look-out circular (LOC) was issued.
However, that did not prove effective as he continued to travel internationally because the LOC was issued based on his old travel documents. "During the course of investigation, it was found out that Dilshad used to travel to Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia based on the identity he acquired by deceitful means," a CBI spokesperson said. She said the agency developed various technical leads and human intelligence, which helped it detect the new passport, resulting in the issuance of a fresh LOC....
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