NEW DELHI: Delhi Police on Tuesday managed to arrest Javed, the inmate who had made a daring escape from Tihar Jail on Saturday afternoon. The arrest was made by a joint team of Tihar authorities and police from Gonda in Uttar Pradesh.

Sources told TOI that Javed had made a call to his relative in Gonda, which was intercepted by Delhi Police. With this arrest, the four-day jailbreak drama came to an end. TOI had first reported the incident on Monday causing a furore following which numerous teams had launched a manhunt for Javed.

Javed was being brought back to Delhi at the time of filing of this report. He will be taken on police remand and interrogated about the details and planning of his escape. Personnel from south and west districts were inducted in 17 teams to track him. A taxi driver based in Green Park and Javed’s accomplices were detained for questioning. Teams were sent to Etawah, Gonda and Agra to trail the family members.

The escaped convict is just six months into adulthood, but way ahead in his league of criminals. He used to two knives and a loaded pistol. Police records state that he preferred operating alone or with one accomplice, targeting bungalows in Sainik Farms and shops in Deoli.

His brother, Tinku, would recee the areas and inform Javed about houses which remain empty during the day or had only elderly and women staying in the afternoon. He would not hesitate to shoot if confronted. He had befriended a few autorickshaw and taxi drivers to help him escape after committing a crime.

After every break-in, Javed would damage the CCTV cameras in the area and flee with the DVRs which nearly made him untraceable. During a raid, police recovered parts of 20 cameras kept in a trunk at his house in Deoli village.

South Delhi cops, who have arrested him twice within three months, said he commits armed robbery or a burglary to earn quick money and make a name for himself in the crime world. He started committing petty crimes since he was 16 and was in a gang of teenagers. He started leading the gang after his arrest in March this year.

Javed’s activities were supported by his mother Safina, a household help. His father Rashid passed away last year and his mother started staying with another man, Syed.

