Fugitive Nabbed: New Year's Celebration Ends in Arrest

A 28-year-old man, Vicky Kumar, wanted in a 2018 murder and kidnapping case, was arrested while celebrating New Year in northeast Delhi. In 2018, he and an accomplice abducted and murdered a colleague after ransom demands were unmet. Declared a proclaimed offender, he evaded capture until now.

A man wanted in a 2018 murder and kidnapping case in Dwarka was arrested in northeast Delhi, police confirmed on Friday. Vicky Kumar, also known as Rituraj, was taken into custody while celebrating New Year's with friends in the Burari area.

Authorities said Vicky Kumar and his brother-in-law, Bhushan Kumar Singh, devised a plan in 2018 to extort money from a colleague, Sachin. After abducting him and not getting a ransom, they killed him in Baba Haridas Nagar.

Vicky Kumar initially fled to Muzaffarpur, Bihar, after the crime. Though later arrested, he was released on bail and subsequently declared a proclaimed offender in 2014 after changing addresses to avoid court proceedings. Police caught him in part thanks to a tip-off about his New Year plans in Burari.

(With inputs from agencies.)