Bengaluru: A father-son duo from Bihar, wanted for 24 murders and several other crimes, who were on the run for over a year now, were finally arrested from Bengaluru on Wednesday.
The two carried cash rewards on their heads and their capture by the Bihar Police’s Special Task Force (STF) was the result of a sustained operation over several months.
The two have been identified as Manik Singh (30), and his father Manoj Singh (65). They face more than 40 criminal cases, including over 24 for murder, registered across Bihar, Jharkhand, and West Bengal. The Bihar government had announced a reward of Rs 3 lakh for information leading t
o their arrest, officials said, as reported by The Indian Express.
Manik Singh had been living in the Kodigehalli police station area for over the past year, the police said, while his father would stay with him occasionally. They had been using Bengaluru as a hideout until being tracked down by the Bihar Police, officials said.
“The two had been absconding from Bihar for the past one year in connection with a murder case and were surviving on small, part-time jobs,” an official has been quoted as saying.
Bengaluru police commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh said a team from the Bihar Police arrived in the city and conducted the operation. They arrested the two in a coordinated operation with the North East Division deputy commissioner of police, he said.
“The Kodigehalli police extended full cooperation to the Bihar Police team during the operation,” the commissioner told reporters.
The police are now investigating who sheltered the men in Bengaluru and are verifying their activities during the period they stayed in the city.