Delhi Crime Branch detectives have achieved what seemed impossible: solving a 1986 cold-blooded murder after 38 long years. Chandra Shekhar Prasad, now 84 and hailing from Bihar’s Nalanda, was captured in a dramatic raid, closing a dark chapter from Shakarpur, East Delhi.
Back in 1986, jealousy consumed Prasad. Doubting his wife’s character, he smashed her head with bricks in a fit of fury. He silenced a household aide with a weapon threat and vanished with helpers. Proclaimed absconding in 1987, he slipped through the cracks of time.
The era lacked today’s tech—no phones, no biometrics, no CCTV. Clues were buried in yellowed files. But the team didn’t give up. They reopened the case, mapping family ties. Prasad’s kids in Delhi and Bihar became key leads. Mobile surveillance and Nalanda fieldwork uncovered his sporadic visits.
Intelligence painted a picture: he lurked in Northwest Delhi. On April 22, 2024, officers stormed a factory storeroom in Nangli Poona, ending his masquerade. His life on the run was nomadic—shifting identities across states, rickshaw-pulling in Patiala, ashram seclusion.
Interrogation broke him; he admitted the crime stemmed from marital strife and suspicion. Inspector Sunil Kumar Kalkhande’s squad poured endless hours into records, gadgets, and informants.
This victory highlights how persistence and innovation can conquer time. For victims’ families, it’s bittersweet closure after decades of waiting.
