Proclaimed offender absconding for 7 years arrested in Delhi

The Delhi Police has arrested a proclaimed offender, absconding for seven years in a narcotic case, near Dilshad Garden Metro Station here, an official said on Thursday.

Police arrested Harpreet Singh alias Mani, 30, a Bathinda, Punjab resident, on May 11.

He was wanted in connection with an FIR registered under the NDPS (Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances) Act at the Bathinda Cantt police station in 2018.

According to police, Harpreet was arrested in January 2018 after intoxicating medicines, including bottles of “Wincerex” and “Onerex” syrup and strips of Carisoma tablets, were allegedly recovered from his possession.

Police said he was later granted bail by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2019 but jumped bail and was declared a proclaimed offender in September 2020.

“Through intelligence gathering, field verification and technical surveillance, police received information that the accused frequently visited the Trans-Yamuna area in Delhi,” an officer said.

Police said the accused kept changing locations and concealed his identity to avoid arrest.

During interrogation, he told police that he had stayed in Faridabad, Loni, Hindon Vihar and Ghaziabad with his family after absconding.

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He also worked at various eateries across Delhi-NCR while maintaining minimal contact with relatives and associates to avoid detection, police said.

Police said verification revealed his involvement in another criminal case registered at Bathinda Cantt police station in Punjab in 2022.