DOUBLE MURDER CONVICT (OF PREGNANT WOMAN & 2-YEAR-OLD SON) NABBED BY ARSC, CRIME BRANCH — ON THE RUN FOR OVER 5 YEARS AFTER JUMPING PAROLE

 

 

INTRODUCTON:

 

 

A team of ARSC, Crime Branch, led by Inspectors Mangesh Tyagi and Robin Tyagi, under the close supervision of Sh. Pankaj Arora, ACP/ARSC, Crime Branch has successfully apprehended a desperate double murderer Ashok r/o Sikandarabad, Bulandshahar (UP), Age 45 Years, who had murdered a pregnant lady and her 2 years old son in Khajuri Khas, Delhi. In this regard a case FIR No. 257/07 dated 01.06.2007 u/s 302/307/34 IPC & 25/27 Arms Act is registered at PS Khajuri Khas, Delhi.

 

 

BRIEF FACTS:

The prosecution case, in brief, is that Baleshwar, brother-in-law of accused Ashok, was allegedly involved in an extra-marital affair with a woman named Rani. In 2007, accused Ashok had warned Rani to discontinue her relationship with Baleshwar; however, she did not comply. On 01.06.2007, accused Ashok, along with his sister Suman (wife of Baleshwar) and three associates from his village, namely Badal, Amit, and Jogender, went to Rani’s residence where Baleshwar was also present. The accused Ashok, along with his associates, opened fire at Baleshwar and Sarita (daughter of Rani, pregnant at the time), and her two-year-old son Abhishek, who had come to visit her mother Rani. While Baleshwar narrowly escaped the gunfire, Sarita and her minor son sustained fatal firearm injuries and succumbed to them.

On 09.11.2016, he was convicted for life imprisonment & fined for Rs. 3 Lakhs by Addl. Sessions Court, Karkadooma Courts, Delhi. On 20.09.2019, his appeal was dismissed and sentence was upheld by the High Court of Delhi. On 05.02.2020, he was granted two weeks parole by the High Court of Delhi on the ground of death of his mother and thereafter he never surrendered and jumped his Parole. 

 

INFORMATION, TEAM & OPERATION:

 

A dedicated team of ARSC/Crime Branch was tasked with tracking parole jumpers involved in heinous crimes. As part of this ongoing mission, HC Mintu Yadav received credible secret information regarding a parole jumper, namely Ashok. The intelligence revealed that Ashok, a resident of Sikandrabad, District Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh), had absconded after jumping parole and was currently residing in the Sikandrabad area. To evade detection, Ashok deliberately avoided carrying a mobile phone. However, through advanced technical surveillance and human intelligence inputs, it was established that he had been living on the outskirts of Sikandrabad to remain out of sight of law enforcement agencies. A raiding team comprising Insp. Robin Tyagi, SI Nitin Singh, SI Sandeep Sandhu, ASI Sachin Baliyan, HC Mintu, HC Amit, HC Anuj, HC Naveen, HC Abhinav, and HC Sawai from the ARSC, Shakarpur, Crime Branch was constituted to apprehend the accused. Intelligence surveillance was mounted at his possible hideouts for nearly one month. Through persistent and painstaking efforts, the team successfully pinpointed Ashok’s exact location. With the assistance of the local Sikandrabad Police, a precise raid was carried out, leading to his arrest from the Sikandrabad area. This successful operation spanned over a month and involved more than 15 personnel of the Delhi Police, showcasing exemplary coordination, perseverance, and tactical efficiency.

 

INTERROGATION:

 

After jumping his parole, he started living in the temporary structure of stubble prepared by him in the agricultural fields of his nearby villages. He never slept at night at a particular place and each day he randomly selected his night stay location. He totally avoided carrying mobile phones so that he could not be detected by the law enforcement agencies. After one year of his escape, when his house was continuously searched and raided by Delhi Police, he left his village area and started staying at Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh. He also disconnected himself with his family members and started living at remote locations. However, lately  he returned to Uttar Pradesh and started living in the outskirts of Sikandarabad, Bulandshahar. 

 

PROFILE OF ACCUSED:

 

Accused Ashok was born at his native place i.e. Sikandarabad (UP). He is unmarried and has one married brother and five married sisters. His parents has died earlier in 2002 (Father) & 2019 (Mother). He was agriculturist. He is High School pass from his native village. Presently, he had no other source of income and he was totally dependent on the income received from his ancestral agricultural fields.