New Delhi, March 11 -- The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested a murder convict who had been absconding since June 2024 after jumping parole.

The accused, Munniappa, was apprehended from the Bawana area following sustained technical surveillance and field intelligence by the NDR team of the Crime Branch.

Police said Munniappa was convicted in a 2012 murder case registered at Bindapur, where two accused had allegedly assaulted a local resident with an iron rod in JJ Colony, Dwarka, leading to the victim's death. He was later convicted by a Dwarka court in 2016.

The convict was granted four months' parole on February 5, 2024, from Mandoli Jail, but failed to surrender after the parole period ended and went absconding.

During the sear...