Archive · 24 Dec 2025
Convicted Murderer Arrested After 14 Years on Run
A man named Madhuban, who is 40 years old, was caught by the police in Gurugram after running away for 14 years.
He was originally from a village in Rajasthan and was part of a group called the Lakhan gang.
Madhuban worked as a caretaker at a farmhouse where he killed a man named Jagmal Singh Thakran with an iron rod in 2006.
After the murder, he hid the body and took some valuable things.
The police caught him, and he was sent to jail.
In 2011, he was let out on bail but ran away again.
The police finally caught him in Palwal district and took him to court.
Madhuban, a 40-year-old convicted murderer, was arrested in Atoha village, Palwal district after 14 years on the run.
He was sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Jagmal Singh Thakran, a former MLA’s brother, in 2006.
Madhuban worked as a caretaker at Thakran’s farmhouse and killed him with an iron rod.
After the murder, he hid the body and fled with the victim’s car and valuables.
He was initially arrested, sentenced, and released on bail in 2011, but absconded and remained at large until his recent arrest.
- Who
- Madhuban, a 40-year-old convicted murderer and member of the Lakhan gang
- What
- Madhuban was arrested after 14 years on the run for murdering Jagmal Singh Thakran
- When
- He was arrested on December 24, 2024, after the crime committed on May 13, 2006
- Where
- He was arrested in Atoha village, Palwal district, and the crime occurred in Gurugram
- Why
- Madhuban was serving a life sentence but absconded after being released on bail in 2011
- Name
- Madhuban
- Age
- 40
- Hometown
- Budhwari Kalan village, Bharatpur district, Rajasthan
- Victim
- Jagmal Singh Thakran
- Crime Date
- May 13, 2006
- Sentence Date
- March 5, 2008
- Arrest Date
- December 24, 2024