Overview
- CBI officers arrested Bhola Singh in Surat on Monday, ending nearly 11 years on the run.
- Officials say he lived in Gujarat as “Amit Sharma” and used fake identity papers to avoid detection.
- The CBI said he is wanted in 11 Bihar cases that include abduction, murder, attempted murder, and illegal arms and explosives offenses.
- Following the arrest, the agency moved for a transit remand in a Surat court and said it will present him before a Kolkata court on Tuesday for custodial questioning.
- The case reached the CBI on a Calcutta High Court order after pleas from the victims' mothers, a route families use to advance stalled investigations that cross state lines.