In a bizarre incident from Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat, a 45-year-old man who had gone missing was reported to be dead almost five years ago, was found alive in Delhi.
The man, identified as Yogendra Kumar, a resident of Singhawali Ahir in Baghpat was found working as a taxi driver and was living with a woman and four children, as per a Times of India report.
Police said that back in 2018, a criminal case was registered against Kumar and his brothers by a villager, Ved Prakash over a brawl, following which the former went missing.
Speaking to TOI, Jitendra Singh, SHO of Singhawali Ahir, said, “Kumar was booked under IPC sections 325 (voluntarily causing hurt), 506 (criminal intimidation), following which he went missing.
Kumar’s family demanded a police case against Prakash as they had suspected him of killing Kumar, the SHO added.
Following a court order, in April 2023, an FIR under IPC sections 364 (kidnapping) and 302 (murder) was registered against Prakash and two others. The cops investigated for eight months but they couldn’t find any solid evidence to prove Kumar’s death.
Baghpat police said on Sunday that they traced Kumar’s whereabouts to Delhi as he had reached a court to secure the pending bail. The SHO further said, “He was working as a taxi driver and retained his identity. He had married another woman with whom he has four children.”
In a conversation with TOI, SHO Singh said that during questioning, Kumar spoke about his rivalry with Prakash and also about his extra-marital affair with a woman in Delhi’s Rohini.
Kumar further told the police that in 2018 he left home and started living with the woman in Delhi. However, his family in UP thought that he had been kidnapped and killed.
Talking about the incident, Kumar’s wife from Baghpat, said, “He neither visited us since 2018 nor he spoke to any one of us. We always wanted the police to get to the truth.”
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