CBI Nabs Murder Accused After 20 Years on the Run, Living Under New Identity

• CBI arrested Durga Bahadur Bhat Chetri, alias Deepak, after 20 years for the 2005 murder of student Shyamal Mandal in Thiruvananthapuram.
• Chetri was apprehended in Nagpur, Maharashtra, where he had been living under the assumed identity of Suraj Bhatt and was married.
• The case involved the abduction and ransom-driven killing of Shyamal Mandal, whose body was found in October 2005.
• Chetri was a proclaimed offender, while his accomplice Mohammed Ali was convicted in 2022.
• The Kerala High Court ordered a CBI probe in December 2008, leading to a protracted investigation and eventual arrest based on intelligence inputs.