Overview
- Sikander Singh, 60, and Manju Devi, 55, were detained in Banka, Bihar, on February 10–11 after more than two decades on the run.
- Crime branch investigators reopened the file about six months ago, used technical surveillance and informants, and camped in Bihar for 15 days before the raid.
- The pair had been declared proclaimed offenders by a Tis Hazari court in July 2006 following failed arrest attempts.
- Police say the 14-year-old victim was found with her throat slit at her Shiv Ram Park home on April 22–23, 2004, when she was alone.
- Investigators report the couple evaded capture by moving through Ghaziabad, Barauni and Kolkata while working as daily-wage labourers, with further legal proceedings now underway.