One of Haryana’s most wanted criminal, Vinod Miathal, in police net after 9 years

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Updated: May 21, 2019 11:48 IST

Haryana Police on Monday claimed to have arrested Vinod Mitathal, one of the most wanted and dreaded criminal, from Churu district in Rajasthan.

With over 48 criminal cases registered against him in Haryana and Rajasthan, Vinod also carried a cash reward of Rs 3 lakh and had been absconding for the past nine years.

“The criminal, a resident of Mitathal village in Bhiwani, was wanted for several heinous crimes, including murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping and ransom. The court has already sentenced him in 12 different cases out of 49 registered against him,” a police spokesperson said.

A cash reward of Rs 2 lakh was announced on his head by Bhiwani Police and Rs 50,000 each by Rohtak and Jhajjar police.

“Police have also recovered three 9mm pistols, six cartridges and nine cartridges of .315 bore,” a police spokesperson said.

Acting on the instructions of Bhiwani superintendent of police Ganga Ram Punia, a joint team of the anti-vehicle theft and cyber cell, Bhiwani, on specific inputs nabbed the accused with the help of Rajasthan police from Dudlasar village in Rajasthan.

Haryana director general of police (DGP) Manoj Yadava congratulated SP Bhiwani and his team and described the arrest of the most-wanted criminal as a “significant achievement.”

The arrested criminal had come out on parole after he was sentenced to life imprisonment in a case.

The accused had propagated a false drama of his kidnapping in 2010 to avoid being jailed.

Police said that during preliminary interrogation, Vinod confessed to his involvement in nine cases of crime after absconding from parole.

Police said Mitathal along with 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.

Police also arrested Praveen, a close aide of Vinod Mitathal from Bhiwani.