Haryana Police on Monday arrested Vinod Mitathal, one of the most-wanted criminal, from Churu district in Rajasthan who has over four dozen criminal cases registered against him in Haryana and Rajasthan.
He carried a cash reward of Rs three lakh and had been absconding for the past nine years. Police has also recovered three 9 mm pistols, 6 cartridges and 9 cartridges of .315 bore.
A joint team of Anti Vehicle Theft and Cyber Cell, Bhiwani on specific inputs with the help of Rajasthan Police nabbed Vinod Mitathal from Dudlasar village in Rajasthan. Haryana Director General of Police (DGP), Manoj Yadava congratulated SP Bhiwani and his team for the arrest.
The criminal, a resident of Mitathal in Bhiwani, was wanted for several crimes including murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping and ransom. Court has already sentenced him in 12 different cases out of 49 registered.
He came on parole after sentenced life imprisonment. The accused has propagated a false drama of his kidnapping in year 2010 to avoid being jailed.
During interrogation, Vinod has confessed to having involved in nine cases of crime after absconding from parole. He alongwith his associates had allegedly kidnapped and killed Dr KL Bawa in 2016. He was also involved in kidnapping of Hanuman Prasad, a trader in 2018, snatching of a Creta car from Biran-Bapora road in 2019 and attempt to murder of Jaibir.