Hisar, Oct. 20 -- Hisar police have arrested five proclaimed offenders, including three men who allegedly evaded court proceedings for 12 years after securing bail using false identities in a 2011 cow slaughter prohibition case, and three suspects in two solar equipment theft cases, a police official said today.

The official said an Agroha police team arrested Om Prakash alias Santosh, Ramesh and Rambharose, all residents of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh, in connection with a case registered in 2011.

The accused has been declared proclaimed offenders by a Hisar court on May 30, 2014, after repeatedly failing to appear in court.

Investigations revealed that Om Prakash had allegedly concealed his identity by using the name Santosh, whi...