Overview
- A Kannur Crime Branch team arrested 60-year-old Baldev Singh in Aligarh on Sunday with assistance from Haryana police, brought him to Kannur, and a court remanded him to judicial custody.
- Police say Singh is accused in about ten vehicle-theft cases first registered at Kannur Town police station in 2004 and faces multiple non-bailable warrants including a long-pending court order.
- Investigators say Singh evaded arrest for roughly 22 years by moving between Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh after slipping away on bail in one of the original cases.
- Authorities allege the thefts involved stealing cars in northern states and using forged registration or transfer documents obtained from Odisha to sell vehicles in Kannur, a claim under ongoing investigation.
- The arrest follows a Kannur drive to clear long-pending cases and could lead to further multi-state inquiries, potential vehicle recoveries, and more arrests as police probe the interstate network and document forgeries.