Criminal wanted in 28 cases nabbed

Noida | Thursday | 12th January, 2017

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Ghaziabad: A 58-year-old man wanted in 28 cases of murder and kidnapping in Ghaziabad, Delhi and Meerut was arrested on Tuesday. However, in 2006 he managed to give police a slip from AIIMS where he was undergoing treatment from a congenital kidney ailment. "We received a tip-off that Ashok Pehelwan, who was wanted in 28 cases and was on the run for many years, would be coming to Ghaziabad. We laid a trap and when he reached toll plaza along NH-58 we arrested him," said an STF officer. "The accused carried a reward of Rs 5,000 on his head and he was awarded a life term in a kidnapping and murder case by the Ghaziabad court..