India, Nov. 8 -- A prime accused in the double murder of a senior journalist and his nonagenarian mother has been apprehended from a society in Noida, where he was found working as a security manager.

Gaurav Kumar, 27, a native of Pippala village in Bulandshahr district, was arrested in 2017 for murdering senior journalist KJ Singh (64) and his bedridden mother Gurcharan Kaur (92) in their house in Punjab's Mohali. He also stole the journalist's car to escape.

As reported by HT, Gaurav was first arrested in 2017 but was released on bail during the COVID-19 pandemic. Subsequently, he stopped appearing in court and was declared a proclaimed offender in 2022.

He was re-arrested on November 6 after he was traced by the police through human...