New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- The Crime Branch of Delhi Police today said it arrested a man who had been absconding for over two decades after allegedly murdering his wife in 2004.
The accused, Veerpal alias Maiju (60), a native of Farukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, was apprehended by a team of the Northern District Range (NDR) from Bakshi Ka Talab in Lucknow, where he had been living under a changed identity as Vijay alias Ramdayal.
The case goes back to September 22, 2004, when Veerpal allegedly attacked his wife and child at their rented accommodation in Jahangirpuri, northwest Delhi. The wife succumbed to her injuries, while the child survived and later identified Veerpal and his brother Suresh as the assailants. Suresh was arrested earlier and is curr...