Accused on the run for over 9 years, nabbed using CCTNS

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: The City Police arrested an accused who was absconding for nine years after being involved in a robbery case, through fingerprint verification Crime and Criminal Tracking Network & System (CCTNS).

As Rajagopala Nagar police station ASI Krishnamurthy and staff were on patrol in a Hoysala vehicle on the night of Thursday near Peenya 2nd stage, they spotted a suspiciouslooking man and interrogated him.

The cops further checked the fingerprint of the person using the device through CCTNS mobile app after which it was found that a robbery case was registered against the accused.

Later, he was brought to the police station and thoroughly interrogated and checked in the police data. Speaking to News Trail, the police said that the accused was released on a conditional bail in 2014 with a clear instruction to appear before the police and the court on being summoned.

However the accused disappeared from the police radar and managed to avoid coming into the notice of the policemen.