CBI Arrests Proclaimed Offender in 2005 Kerala Student Abduction-Murder

Overview

• The CBI arrested Durga Bahadur Bhat Chetri in Nagpur on Friday after he evaded arrest for about two decades.
• The agency said he had lived there under the name Suraj B. Bhatt, concealed his identity, and got married.
• Officials said corroborated intelligence and verification led agents to his location in the city.
• He is accused of abducting engineering student Shyamal Mandal for ransom in 2005, with the body found on October 23 near Vellar in Thiruvananthapuram.
• The Kerala High Court moved the probe to the CBI in December 2008, and co-accused Mohammed Ali was convicted in 2022 as the case now returns to court for custody proceedings.