NEW DELHI: The past finally caught up with Ajay Lamba, alias Banshi. For over 24 years after allegedly masterminding the last of his four taxi murders, Lamba had successfully evaded the law by changing his identity, relocating to Nepal for a decade and switching to ‘bailable’ crimes such as drug-peddling and heists.
His luck ran out on Saturday. While appearing in a drug case at a city court, Lamba, 49, was arrested near India Gate for his killing spree between 1999 and 2001 across Delhi and other states. The Delhi-born fugitive had managed to conceal his past crimes despite being arrested in other cases.
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As per a senior police officer, the murders took place across Delhi, Haldwani, Almora and Champawat, areas that were part of Uttar Pradesh before the formation of Uttarakhand in 2000. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Aditya Gautam said that police were searching for Lamba for a long time and recently received information about his movement near India Gate.
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