Delhi Police arrests 2 life convicts who evaded jail for decade

NEW DELHI: (Jul 7) The Delhi Police has arrested two absconding brothers who were sentenced to life imprisonment in a murder case and had been evading arrest for nearly a decade, an official said on Tuesday.

The accused, Firasat Ali (56) and Shah Nawaz Ali (51), were apprehended in coordinated operations from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh and Godda in Jharkhand, respectively, the officer said.

The brothers were convicted in a 1996 murder case registered at Rajouri Garden police station in Delhi and were sentenced to life imprisonment by a Delhi court in 2000, a senior police officer said.