Delhi: Proclaimed offender arrested after running for 9 years in Rs 52 lakh dacoity case

NEW DELHI: (Apr 27) A 55-year-old man, declared a proclaimed offender in a 2017 dacoity case involving Rs 52.5 lakh, where he posed as police personnel, has been arrested after evading arrest for nearly nine years, police said on Monday.

The accused, Rajesh Dawar alias Rajeev, a resident of Uttam Nagar, had been on the run since 2017 and was wanted in a case registered at Malviya Nagar police station. He had also been declared a proclaimed offender by a court in connection with the case, they said.

Dawar also tried to mislead the police by producing fake medical documents under someone's name, claiming partial paralysis due to an injury, they said.