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Delhi Police Arrests NDPS Convict Who Jumped COVID-19 Parole in 2021
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News18•12-10-2026, 18:15
Delhi Police Arrests NDPS Convict Who Jumped COVID-19 Parole in 2021
- •Ajay Jarwal Torela, a 40-year-old drug offender, was apprehended by the Delhi Police after evading authorities for years.
- •The accused was convicted in a 2011 NDPS case involving 161.2 kilograms of cannabis recovered in Malviya Nagar.
- •He was released on COVID-19 parole in May 2021 but failed to surrender, leaving about two-and-a-half years of his sentence pending.
- •Police tracked him down in Chander Vihar, where he was living evasively and working as an auto-rickshaw driver.
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The Delhi Police apprehended 40-year-old Ajay Jarwal Torela, who had been absconding after failing to surrender following his COVID-19 parole in 2021.
Ajay Jarwal Torela was convicted in a 2011 case involving the recovery of 161.2 kilograms of cannabis in south Delhi's Malviya Nagar.
To evade arrest, Torela frequently changed his places of stay and worked as an auto-rickshaw driver before being tracked down in Chander Vihar, Delhi.
