Murder case convict jumps parole, turns actor in Bollywood films; nabbed again after 12 years
Ahmedabad, May 22 -- A murder convict who jumped parole in 2014 and spent nearly 12 years absconding while working as a supporting actor in Bollywood films and television shows was arrested by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch, police said on Thursday.
The accused, Hemant Nagindas Modi, 53, a native of Naroda in Ahmedabad, was serving a life sentence in a 2005 murder case registered at Naroda police station. He was granted 30-day parole by the Gujarat High Court on July 25, 2014, but failed to surrender after the parole period ended and was later declared a parole jumper, officials said.
Crime Branch officials said they received a tip-off that Modi was arriving in Ahmedabad.
"Based on the input, teams traced his old contacts and placed them under ...
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