New Delhi: A 36-year-old Jahangirpuri resident declared a proclaimed offender in a 2012 Swaroop Nagar case has been apprehended by the Proclaimed Offender staff of AATS, Outer North District, following sustained technical surveillance and extensive field verification, Delhi Police said.
The man was identified as Ramesh alias Bunty Kumar. According to a police press note dated October 21, he had been declared a proclaimed offender in connection with FIR No. 199/12 registered at Swaroop Nagar Police Station under Sections 356, 379, 411 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
Police said he had been deliberately evading arrest after being declared a proclaimed offender by the court. The team combined digital intelligence with ground-level information to trace and apprehend him.
The press note said Ramesh had one previous involvement.
The operation was carried out by ASI Sandeep and Head Constable Abhishek Khatri of the PO staff, AATS, Outer North District.
The AATS unit was led by Inspector Anand Kumar Jha under the close supervision of ACP/Operations Dinesh Kumar and the guidance of Additional DCP-I, Outer North District, Lokeshwaran R. The action was undertaken in compliance with the directions of Joint Commissioner of Police, Northern Range, Vijay Singh.
Police described the apprehension as the outcome of technology-driven investigation combined with persistent field intelligence.
