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Delhi Police arrest fugitive wanted in 1998 murder after 28 years
Delhi Police’s crime branch has arrested Rajinder Bairagi, wanted in the 1998 killing of Haryana Police personnel Jai Bhagwan, after nearly three decades on the run. Police also claim to have solved…
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Delhi Police’s crime branch has arrested Rajinder Bairagi, wanted in the 1998 killing of Haryana Police personnel Jai Bhagwan, after nearly three decades on the run. Police also claim to have solved two attempted murder cases dating to 1997. Bairagi was arrested soon after the wedding shooting in Haryana’s Saiyan Khera village but escaped custody in 1999 while being taken to court from Ghaziabad Jail.
The Times of India reports that he later lived in Madhya Pradesh under the name Rajender Singh Yadav, with forged identity documents, a property business and a small clinic. Delhi Police traced him through field intelligence, technical surveillance and digital records before arresting him in Mungaoli. He had been declared a proclaimed offender in one attempted murder case in 2008.
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The lurid “master of disguise” narrative can obscure the harder issue: arrest is not conviction. Claims about forged documents, old crimes and the police investigation must withstand scrutiny in court. Equally, the lazy claim that a long absence proves police failure ignores the need to establish identity and evidence lawfully. The useful test now is whether prosecutors can produce records and witnesses strong enough to secure convictions.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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