New Delhi: To escape the clutches of the law, he dodged the police by changing his identity and locations for 16 years, but finally the Crime Branch of Delhi Police ended his game of absconding. 61-year-old Udaybir Singh, who is serving life imprisonment in a murder and robbery case, was arrested by the Inter State Cell (ISC) team from Mussoorie-Gulavati Industrial Area in Hapur, Uttar Pradesh. A reward of Rs 50 thousand was declared on his arrest.

1997 murder and robbery case

Crime Branch DCP Aditya Gautam said that in the year 1997, three miscreants had committed the crime in Bhera Enclave of Paschim Vihar East police station area. When chased, the miscreants attacked two brothers in which Mandeep died due to bullet injury. After this, the accused fled away after robbing the scooter from a passerby at knife point. In the year 2001, the court sentenced all three accused including Udaybir to life imprisonment.

Details of escape and arrest on parole

After the death of his son in 2010, Udaybir got parole for one month, but he did not return to jail. He sold his ancestral property and kept changing locations. According to the police, in the year 2021, two cases of attempt to murder and Arms Act were also registered against him in Pilkhuwa police station of Hapur. The team that was searching for him for the last three-four months acted on the information of Head Constable Sonu Tomar. Under the leadership of Inspector Manmeet Malik and supervision of ACP Ramesh Lamba, Sub Inspector Naresh Kumar, Rajeev Kumar, Sunil Panwar and Head Constables Sonu Tomar, Sunil Dhaka and Rajesh Kumar caught him on 23 October 2026.