INTRODUCTION
A team of Crime Branch/NDR, R K Puram led by Insps. Yogesh & Vinod Yadav along with the other staff under the supervision of Sh. Umesh Barthwal, ACP NDR, has arrested one absconding and rewarded accused Jitendra @ Jitu r/o Jahangirpuri, New Delhi, Age- 61 Yrs Jitendra @ Jitu was wanted in a case of acid attack cum murder of his wife i.e. case FIR No. 387/23 u/s 326A/302 IPC PS Jahangirpuri, New Delhi. He was arrested from Kohlapur, Maharashtra. A cash reward of ₹ 25,000/- was declared on his arrest by Delhi Police.
INCIDENT
Briefly stated facts of the case are that on 29.04.2024 accused Jitendra @ Jitu r/o Jahangirpuri. Singh threw acid on his wife to kill her as he had doubt that his wife had an extra marital affair and ran away from the spot. Subsequently, a case vide FIR No.387/23 u/s 326A, PS Jahangirpuri was registered on her statement. During treatment, she succumbed to her injuries and section 302 IPC was added in the case. After incident, he left Delhi and used to change his location in different states so that he couldn’t be traced. Even he didn’t carry any mobile phone as he knew that he could be tracked. He changed his looks and had grown his beard so that he couldn’t be identified. He spent his absconding period at various religious places by working as a serviceman. He continuously kept changing his hideouts. A cash reward of ₹ 25,000/- was declared on his arrest by Delhi Police.
INFORMATION & OPERATION
The team of NDR, Crime Branch was in search of absconding/rewarded accused Jitendra @ Jitu for a long time. Efforts were being made to trace the accused Jitendra @ Jitu and sources were developed in this regard. Accused Jitender @ Jitu was of very shrewd mind and aware of the police tactics & hence kept changing his hideouts continuously. He had changed his looks and grown his beard, so that he couldn’t be identified. He didn’t carry any mobile phone during his absconding period.
During the search of accused, a secret information was received that the absconding accused Jitendra @ Jitu was living somewhere in Maharashtra. Facts of the information were verified. A dedicated team led by Insps. Yogesh and Vinod Yadav including SIs Imran Khan, Dipender and Devi Dayal, ASI Umardeen, HCs Ram Naresh, Rajbir, Parmanand and Ashish under the supervision of Sh. Umesh Barthwal ACP/NDR was constituted. During the operation, it came to notice that absconding accused Jitendra @ Jitu frequently changing his locations in Maharashtra.
On 02.04.2024, a team comprising Insp. Vinod Yadav, SIs Dipender Singh and Imran Khan and HC Ashish departed to Nashik, Maharashtra on the basis of secret information.
The team first went to Vani Village, Nashik, where after enquiry from many local residents, the team reached at the hideout of accused near Saptashrungi Temple but before team reached there, the accused escaped from there. The team started tracking the above accused on the basis of enquiry at bus stands and by showing his photograph to the local residents. Through tacking him in this way, the team reached at Sangola, Solapur, Maharashtra on 04.04.2024, which was around 470 kms away from there. On reaching there, it was learnt that the accused was asking someone about Baru Mama Mandir. Accordingly, the team reached at Baru Mama Mandir, Distt Kolhapur, Maharashtra, around 200 Kms from Sangola. There was very heavy rush in and around the above temple, so it was very difficult to find out a person there, but the team didn’t lose the courage and finally untiring efforts of the team led into fruitful result as the accused was traced on the night of 04.04.2024 at Baru Mama Mandir. He was apprehended at Baru Mama Mandir, Distt Kolhapur,Maharashtra by the team. The accused Jitendra @ Jitu disclosed his involvement in the case and after satisfactory interrogation he was arrested u/s 41.1 (ba) CrPC by SI Dipender Singh and produced before the Ld. court.
PROFILE
Accused Jitendra @ Jitu has a parenteral home at Rajkot, Gujrat. His father with his family came to Delhi and settled at Jahangirpuri, Delhi, when he was very young. He is class 12th dropout. He has a younger brother, who lives in Delhi. Accused Jitender @ Jitu has three sons and two daughters. At the time of killing of his wife, he was unemployed and spent most of his time at local temples