Delhi Police have arrested four proclaimed offenders and absconders in separate operations conducted by teams from the Bhikaji Cama Place police post, the R.K. Puram police station and the Sarojini Nagar police station of its South-West district, officials said on Tuesday, according to IANS. In the Sarojini Nagar operation, police traced and apprehended Chotu Kashyap, 29, against whom a reward of Rs 20,000 had been announced. He was wanted in FIR No. 450/2025, registered under Section 137(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). A team comprising Sub-Inspector Deepak and Head Constables Amarjeet, Mukesh and Ajeet worked under Station House Officer Atul Tyagi and ACP S.J. Enclave Melvyn Verghese.
After covering approximately 5,000 kilometres through sustained field operations, human intelligence and technical surveillance, the team traced Kashyap to Govindpur Mandi in Punjab. Police also recovered the kidnapped 14-year-old girl from the same location. The girl is not being named, in line with the protection of minor victims.
In a separate operation, a team from R.K. Puram police station apprehended three alleged members of the Thak-Thak gang from Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, during area patrolling. The team comprised Sub-Inspector Satyender Gulia, Head Constables Kuldeep, Ramphool and Indraj, and Constable Lokesh, under Station House Officer Yashpal Singh and ACP Vasant Vihar Babbar Bhan. Police said the three — Sunder Raj, 49, Log Nathan alias N. Loganathan, 36, and Rukman, 49, all residents of Tiruchirappalli — had been declared proclaimed offenders by courts.
Sunder Raj, who was previously involved in 12 criminal cases, was declared a proclaimed offender in FIR No. 336/2017 at Kotwali police station, with the court order dated March 5, 2025. Log Nathan was declared a proclaimed offender in four cases, including FIR No. 28/2015, with the court order dated February 3, 2017. Rukman was declared a proclaimed offender in FIR No. 230/2018 at Nabi Karim police station, with the court order dated October 15, 2025.
According to police, dedicated teams were constituted to trace proclaimed offenders, absconders and other wanted criminals evading legal proceedings, using technical and human intelligence, local sources, field verification and raids based on specific information. (Sources: IANS via The Freedom Press; Nation Press)