It took the Crime Branch's consistent efforts for two years to find and arrest a murderer who had jumped parole 13 years back. Rajesh Kumar Dvivedi, 37, was arrested in 2003 for murdering a 70-year-old woman in her house. He was re-arrested on January 12.

On night of March 17, 2003, Dvivedi, who as a security guard for a building at Bhulabhai Desai Road, killed the woman, Ramden Samani. He stole Rs 2 lakh cash and ornaments from her house. Gamdevi cops arrested him and he was convicted by the Sessions Court with life imprisonment. After four years he applied for parole for one month claiming his wife was ill. He did not return from the leave. The case was challenged for capital punishment in 2015. When after repeated summons Dvivedi did not show up, in 2017, the High Court ordered the Crime Branch to find him.