# Life convict arrested after 26 years in Rs 1 crore kidnapping case 2026-08-17T17:03:25+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Amit Yadav, 57, a life convict in a 1995 kidnapping-for-ransom case, was arrested in Dehradun on August 13 after 26 years on the run. He had jumped interim bail granted by the Delhi High Court in January 2000 and assumed a new identity as a builder, according to Rediff.com. NDTV reports that he initially fled to Rishikesh, frequently changing hideouts, before moving to Dehradun in 2001. Yadav was convicted in 1999 for kidnapping Rishi Sethi and demanding Rs 1 crore ransom. At his initial arrest in Meerut, Rs 10 lakh was recovered from him. A Crime Branch team tracked him using biometric records from 1999, as no photograph was available. A reward of Rs 5,000 had been declared for his arrest in 2000. He was produced before a court and sent to judicial custody. ## Coverage - ndtv.com - rediff.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources. Last updated 2026-08-18T02:31:11+00:00. Tags: Dehradun, NDTV, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand police Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/life-convict-in-rs-1-crore-kidnapping-case-nabbed-after-26-years/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/life-convict-in-rs-1-crore-kidnapping-case-nabbed-after-26-years/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/