Chandigarh,
May 20, 2019
In a major break-through, Haryana Police has arrested Vinod Mitathal, one of the most wanted and dreaded criminal, from Churu district in Rajasthan.
An official spokesperson informed that more than four dozen criminal cases registered against him in Haryana and Rajasthan while he also carried a cash reward of Rs three lakh and had been absconding for the past nine years.
While cash reward of Rs two lakh was announced on his head by Bhiwani Police and Rs 50,000 each by Rohtak and Jhajjar police. Police has also recovered three 9 mm pistols, 6 cartridges and 9 cartridges of .315 bore.
Acting on instructions of Superintendent of Police Bhiwani, Ganga Ram Punia, a joint team of Anti Vehicle Theft and Cyber Cell, Bhiwani on specific inputs has made all out efforts with the help of Rajasthan Police to nab accused Vinod Mitathal from Dudlasar village in Rajasthan. Haryana Director General of Police (DGP), Manoj Yadava congratulated SP Bhiwani and his team for their significant achievement to nab a most-wanted criminal.
The dreaded criminal, a resident of village Mitathal in Bhiwani, wanted for several heinous crime including murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping and ransom. Court has already sentenced him in 12 different cases out of 49 registered.
He came on parole after sentenced life imprisonment in a case. The accused has propagated a false drama of his kidnapping in year 2010 to avoid being jailed.
During preliminary interrogation, Vinod has confessed to having involved in nine cases of crime after absconding from parole. He alongwith his associates had allegedly kidnapped and killed Dr KL Bawa in year 2016. He was also involved in kidnapping of Hanuman Prasad, a trader in year 2018, snatching of a Creta car from Biran-Bapora road in 2019 and attempt to murder of Jaibir.
Police has also arrested Praveen, a close aid of Vinod Mitathal from Bhiwani.