New Delhi, Aug. 10 -- In a major success for the Delhi Police Crime Branch, officers have arrested a 62-year-old man who had been on the run for over 12 years. Manoharan Kandhasamy, carrying a reward of Rs.50,000 on his head, was caught on 4 August 2026 from a poultry farm on the outskirts of Tiruchengode in Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu.

He was wanted in a high-profile forgery case involving fake letterheads of important political and government offices.

The story began in 2007 at Mandir Marg police station in New Delhi. A 65-year-old visitor from Hyderabad, Vijay Kumar, reported that gold ornaments and other valuables he had kept inside an almirah in his room at a dharamshala were stolen after the lock was broken. Police arrested Mano...