New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- A 76-year-old life convict who had been evading arrest for more than four years after jumping parole has been arrested by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police, an official said on Wednesday.
According to the police, the accused, Wahid Khan, a resident of Trilok Puri's Sanjay Camp and originally from Agra, was convicted in 2018 for the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl, a friend of his daughter, in a case registered at Mayur Vihar police station under the POCSO Act.
"Khan was granted a two-week parole on September 1, 2021, but failed to surrender before jail authorities, prompting police to launch a search operation," said Pankaj Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime IV).
Since then, he had allegedly been freque...