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Fugitive Lalit, Ashram Murderer, Caught After 32 Years by Delhi Police.
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News18•25-09-2026, 20:52
Fugitive Lalit, Ashram Murderer, Caught After 32 Years by Delhi Police.
- •Delhi Police Crime Branch apprehended Lalit, the main accused in the 1994 murder and robbery of two female ascetics, after 32 years in Mangolpuri.
- •Lalit, along with accomplices Sunil Kumar, Dilip Ram, and Sushil, looted an ashram in Shakarpur and brutally strangled two female ascetics.
- •Lalit had been absconding since the crime and was declared a proclaimed offender by the court on October 26, 1995.
- •To evade arrest, Lalit hid his identity and worked as a packaging laborer in Bihar and later in Delhi.
- •Based on credible information, the Crime Branch arrested Lalit from a factory in Mangolpuri where he was working.
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The Delhi Police Crime Branch received credible information that Lalit was hiding in the Mangolpuri area and working as a packaging laborer. Their team raided the factory and verified his true identity using his Aadhaar card, leading to his arrest and subsequent handover to the Shakarpur police station.
The attack was carried out with the intention of robbery, during which the culprits brutally strangled two female ascetics and fled the ashram with cash, valuable jewelry, and other items.
While Lalit remained at large and was declared a proclaimed offender in 1995, police had previously arrested his accomplices Sunil Kumar, Dilip Ram, and Sushil.
