Bengaluru, Dec 7 : An Indian Air Force sergeant, who killed his wife and two daughters to get married to another woman, has been arrested after 11 years by the Karnataka Police from Assam, police said on Tuesday.
Dharam Singh Yadav (54) from Haryana was arrested at Nellie, a town in Assam, where he lived with his second wife and two children.
The police got a clue on him after they got to know that he was still receiving pension from the IAF.
Yadav had joined the IAF in 1987 and retired in 1997.He was married to Anu Yadav, a New Delhi native.He had two children, a 14-year-old and an eight year old daughter.
Yadav retired and bought a house in Vidyaranyapuram, Bengaluru.He lived with his family.
He worked as an officer in the purchase department of a private company.
Yadav had uploaded his information on marriage portals seeking a bride, claiming that he was unmarried.
One woman from Assam had shown interest in his proposal and agreed to marry him.
While preparing to marry the new woman, Yadav hatched a plan to get rid of his wife and two daughters.He attacked his wife Anu Yadav, and their daughters with a wood log in 2008 and killed them .
.To divert police attention, he had cut the throat of Anu Yadav, and taken away gold jewellery.Later, he enacted a drama before the police that robbers have killed his wife and daughters for gold jewellery.
The police after gathering circumstantial evidence suspected Yadav and took him into their custody.He confessed to the crime during the questioning.
Yadav was sent to jail.After 14 months in prison, he plotted to escape.
The police claimed Yadav claimed he had kidney problems and took him to a hospital.He managed to bring chili powder with him.Prison authorities took him to the Urology section for consultation.The doctors asked the policemen who were accompanying him to make Yadav drink water and allow him to walk for a while.
Yadav, while walking in the hospital, threw chilli powder at the officers and fled with .
Handcuffs.After fleeing, Yadav returned to his village in Haryana.He fled to Assam after his first wife Anu Yadav and her family harassed him.He worked at a bar and married the Assamese woman, and started his life all over again.
Back in Karnataka, the police department was pulled up by the court on undetected cases.DCP (South), Harish Pandey ordered an inquiry.The new team was informed that the accused was still receiving a pension from the army .
.The police team went to Haryana to get information from the residents and discovered that Yadav was actually living in Assam.
With the cooperation of the Assam Police, the team from Bengaluru managed to nab Yadav.
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