A murder convict who was absconding for the last 14 years has been arrested from Vikas Nagar area here, officials said today.
Ram Prasad alias Guddu, who escaped from the district court lock up in 1996 and was living in Gudumba area with a pseudo name, was arrested yesterday, they said.
Guddu along with 10 others had escaped from the court after breaking the window of the lock-up. He was involved in murder and robbery at the house of a former assistant director of Central Drug Research Institute in 1992.
Guddu and his accomplices were also involved in robbery at Madiyaon branch of the Bank of India in 1996, police said.
He was later arrested and the court had sentenced Guddu and his accomplices in these cases, they said, adding he was carrying a reward of Rs 5000 on his head.
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