NEW DELHI, May 15 -- Delhi Police has arrested a 38-year-old man from Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag for allegedly duping a Delhi-based man of more than Rs 5 lakh on the pretext of supplying Kashmiri apple consignments, an official said on Friday.
The accused, identified as Istaq Ahmedar (38), was on the run for nearly a decade, continuously changing locations and mobile numbers to evade arrest, police said.
The matter came to light in 2016 when a case was registered at the Mahendra Park police station under IPC sections 420 (cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy), alleging that Ahmedar and his associate induced the victim into a fraudulent business deal related to apple consignments.
"The accused allegedly collected Rs 5,08,700 from the...