Overview
- Urwa police arrested Chikka Hanuma, 55, in Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh, on January 22 after tracing him to an assumed identity.
- He was produced before a court and has been remanded to judicial custody.
- The case stems from an October 11, 1997 break-in at Anwar Mahal near Urwa Marigudi Cross in which Lewis D’Mello, 80, and Ranjith Vegas, 19, were killed and gold was stolen.
- A chargesheet named multiple accused; five were convicted by a Bengaluru special court in 2010 before the high court set aside those convictions and acquitted them.
- The JMFC II Court in Mangaluru issued a Long Pending Case warrant against Hanuma in 2010, and police say he evaded capture for years by using aliases.