India, April 26 -- A man sentenced to life imprisonment for the kidnapping and murder of a 13-year-old boy was arrested on Friday by the Delhi Police crime branch - 26 years after he jumped bail and built a new life as a prominent social media personality with a security detail provided by the Uttar Pradesh Police.

The man, Salim Khan, 54, had been living openly in Loni, Ghaziabad, under the name "Salim Wastik," running a YouTube channel with over 63,000 subscribers on which he described himself as "a former Muslim" and shared critical commentary on Islamic ideology. He also had around 31,000 followers on Instagram, though the account now appears to be inactive.

Khan had assumed a new identity as Salim Ahmed and built public recognition...