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<\/div>\nBunty kept changing his address and phone numbers regularly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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A criminal who had evaded arrest for over a decade fell for a honey trap laid by the Delhi Police in which a male constable posed as a woman on a social media platform, officials said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The constable created a fake Instagram handle to lure 45-year-old Bunty, accused in 20 cases of snatching theft, possession of illegal arms and bootlegging at different police stations in Delhi, they said.<\/p>\n
“The accused was declared a proclaimed offender by a city court in June 26, 2013, in a case registered against him in Tilak Nagar Police Station,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (north) Manoj Kumar Meena said.<\/p>\n
Even after several attempts by the team, Bunty remained at large, the DCP said, terming him a hardcore criminal.<\/p>\n
The team received a tip-off this year that Bunty was hiding in Indira Vikas Colony, he said.<\/p>\n
When the team visited the location, they found that Bunty was using an Instagram account, the DCP said.<\/p>\n
“Later, the team laid many traps and efforts were made to trace the accused, but the offender remained at large. Subsequently, the team member, head-constable Omparkash Dagar, came up with an innovative idea,” said the DCP.<\/p>\n
The constable created a fake Instagram handle with a woman’s name, Mr Meena said.<\/p>\n
“Dagar started chatting with Bunty and he was eager to befriend the ‘fake woman’,” said the DCP.<\/p>\n
Later, Bunty agreed to meet the ‘woman’ at Punjabi Bagh Metro Station.<\/p>\n
“On June 7, the meeting was fixed. The team was ready and laid a strategic trap with the help of technical surveillance. As the accused reached the spot, he was successfully apprehended from Punjabi Bagh Metro Station,” the police officer said.<\/p>\n
The DCP said Bunty kept changing his address and phone numbers regularly to evade arrest.<\/p>\n
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