Delhi: On the run for 14 years, 3 of family held for burning woman alive
Hindustan TimesNew Delhi, Delhi Police Crime Branch has apprehended three members of a family who had been on the run for 14 years after allegedly burning a woman alive, an official said on Friday. Delhi: On the run for 14 years, 3 of family held for burning woman alive In 2010, Roshan Aara was set ablaze in her home in northeast Delhi's Gokul Puri allegedly by Mustafa, Masooma, and Zarrar Khan, Special Commissioner of Police Devesh Chandra Srivastva said. The three accused, natives of West Bengal’s Asansol, belong to the same family and went absconding shortly after the murder, the officer said, adding that they remained elusive, assuming fake identities and moving across states to evade arrest. "In December, 2011, a court officially declared them ‘Proclaimed Offenders’ and recently, a reward of ₹1.5 lakh was announced by the Delhi Police Commissioner for information leading to their capture," the Special CP said.