Chandrakant Jha, a serial killer who jumped parole, was traced and rearrested, police said on Saturday.
Jha, a native of Madhepura in Bihar, was hiding in Alipur, north Delhi.
He was convicted to life imprisonment in February 2013 for killing three persons between 2006 and 2007. Jha has been absconding since 2023 when he was granted parole.
On January 17, Jha was nabbed from Old Delhi railway station while trying to flee to Bihar.
“We received a tip-off about his presence at the railway station. As the crowd was huge, we zeroed down on all trains going to Bihar and found him in a train sporting a long beard. Though he faked his name and origin, his face matched with the photo we had,” Additional CP (Crime) Sanjay Sain said.
He was travelling back and forth between Delhi and Bihar to avoid arrest for over a year.
Jha migrated to Delhi in 1990 and settled near Azadpur Mandi. Over 13 cases are registered against him.
“Jha followed a definite pattern, where he killed the victims by decapitating their heads, and then chopped their different body parts and threw them outside the Central Jail Tihar and various other parts around Delhi,” Mr. Sain said.
“He used to inform the police about the crime and place where he had thrown the bodies, and would also leave a note or letter, where he challenged and threatened the law enforcement agencies to catch him,” the DCP added.
Netflix documentary ‘Indian Predator, the Butcher of Delhi,’ was made on him.
Published – January 19, 2025 01:42 am IST