Delhi Police Arrest Fugitive After 28 Years Under Fake Identity

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Delhi Police have arrested Rajinder Bairagi, wanted in the 1998 murder of Haryana police personnel Jai Bhagwan, after 28 years on the run. Police also linked him to two attempted murder cases dating to 1997. Bairagi allegedly fled custody in 1999 while being taken from Ghaziabad Jail to court.

According to police, he lived in Mungaoli, Madhya Pradesh, under the name Rajender Singh Yadav. He married, raised two children, ran a property business and operated a small clinic. Investigators used field intelligence, technical surveillance and digital analysis to trace his routine before arresting him in a raid led by Inspector Sanjay Kaushik.

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The dramatic escape and forged documents may invite claims that policing is either all-seeing or hopelessly broken. Both are too easy. A fugitive living openly for years points to gaps in identity checks, while the eventual arrest shows patient casework can still succeed. The harder measure is whether the investigation produces a sound prosecution, especially after old evidence and witnesses have faded. The court record, not the arrest narrative, will settle that test.

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