Chandigarh, Oct 15, 2018: Haryana Police have arrested a parole jumper convicted in a case of murder from Moga town of Punjab, after 14 years.
A spokesman of Police Department said that the Satpal alias Pala, a resident of village Alipur in Jind, was jailed in connection with a murder case in year 2004.
The accused had been serving life imprisonment, sentenced by a court. He was on a parole for six weeks on November 5, 2004. However, he failed to return to the jail after completion of his parole on December 18, 2004 and was declared a proclaimed offender.
The police got secret information that the accused Pala had been working as a priest in a temple in Moga District of Punjab. After getting a tip-off, a police team arrested him from Moga.
It was learnt that the accused had been working as a priest in a temple of Moga for a long time and was involved in teaching lessons of devotion to the people.
He was produced in court which sent him in judicial custody.