Couple murdered in Delhi, accused arrested from Patna

New Delhi (IANS). A man wanted in connection with the robbery and murder of an elderly couple in south Delhi’s Amar Colony area in January 2019 was arrested from Patna. A Delhi Police officer gave this information on Wednesday.

The accused has been identified as Zubair Alam alias Danish. He was absconding for more than two-and-a-half years in the case.

Alam conspired with his mother to murder the couple on January 18, 2019. They had looted jewelery and cash.

The official said Alam and his mother Sabina alias Salma were initially arrested on January 27, 2019. Both absconded after being released on bail.

Special Commissioner of Police (Special Branch) H.G.S. Dhaliwal said that for the last two months there was information that absconding Alam was hiding in Mumbai and surrounding areas.

A police team was sent to Mumbai to trace the fugitive. But, he could not be caught from there. The persistent efforts of the police team were successful when specific information was received that Alam would come from Mumbai to Patna by train on the night of 3rd July.

After this, a police team boarded the said train from Prayagraj railway station. The team members then identified the accused while on his way to Patna in a moving train and finally caught him at Patna Junction.

The official said that after securing bail, Zuber had gone to Mumbai. There had been working in the film and TV industry as a crew member for the past two years with production teams associated with serials like ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’, ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’ etc.