Archive · 16 Aug 2025
Fugitive Undertrial, Absconding Since 2022, Apprehended in Gujarat
In 2022, a man named Upendra Pandey ran away from jail in Deoria, India.
He was in jail because of a case under the POCSO Act, which protects children.
Recently, after being on the run for over two years, the police found him in Surat, a city in Gujarat.
The arrest was made by a special police team called the UP Special Task Force (STF).
Pandey is from a village called Baraipur.
Upendra Pandey, an undertrial who escaped from Deoria district jail in 2022, was apprehended.
The arrest occurred in Surat, Gujarat, where Pandey had been at large for over two years.
Pandey was originally imprisoned in connection with a case under the POCSO Act.
The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) conducted the arrest.
Pandey is from Baraipur village in the Rampur Factory area.
- Who
- The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) arrested Upendra Pandey.
- What
- Upendra Pandey, an escaped undertrial, was arrested.
- When
- The arrest took place recently.
- Where
- Surat, Gujarat.
- Why
- Pandey was arrested because he had escaped from Deoria district jail.
- Accused
- Upendra Pandey
- Original Imprisonment
- POCSO Act violation
- Location of Arrest
- Surat, Gujarat
- Escaped From
- Deoria district jail
- Arresting Agency
- Uttar Pradesh STF