India, Oct. 12 -- A 35-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur was arrested in Delhi almost four years after he allegedly faked his death to escape trial in multiple cases of theft, burglary and illegal firearm possession.

Family and friends of the accused, Virender Vimal, a resident of Mungeshpur village in Delhi, declared he was dead after he forged documents in 2021 to avoid non-bailable warrants issued by a Delhicourt.

Police said Vimal is a habitual offender and is wanted in four cases, including house break ins, theft and illegal possession of arms, registered in 2020 at Bawana police station in northwest Delhi. At the time that he faked his death, he was being summoned in some of the cases with the police looking to detain hi...