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Man wanted in brutal beheading case arrested after 16 years

New Delhi, Nov 8 (UNI) Delhi Police’s Crime Branch has arrested a man who had been on the run for over 16 years in connection with a gruesome murder and beheading case registered at Bindapur police station in 2009, an official said today.
According to the police, the accused, identified as Ashik Ali (55), a native of Uttar Pradesh’s Kushinagar, was nabbed from Surat, Gujarat, following a well-coordinated operation led by Inspector Manmeet Malik and his team.
A reward of Rs 25,000 had been announced for his arrest.
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