‘Chhabbi Lal, come here’: How a keypad phone, old photo ended a murder suspect’s 35-year run

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Delhi Police arrested Chhabbi Lal Verma, 62, in Ludhiana after 35 years for allegedly murdering his landlady Geeta Suri and injuring her teenage son during a robbery attempt in East Delhi's Trilokpuri in August 1991. Police identified him using an old photograph. Verma had fled to multiple cities, recently working as a building caretaker earning Rs 15,000 monthly.

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