Nagpur: A man who had been jumping bail for 34 years was nabbed by a special team of crime branch on Wednesday after his address was traced through the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) property tax records.
On Thursday, Ramesh Aware was produced before court which released him on bail after paying a surety of Rs3,000.
Aware was booked in a case of assault at Sitabuldi police station in 1987. He was granted bail then but did not appear on dates given by the court. Later, court had issued a non-bailable warrant against him on several occasions.
Aware had disposed off his residence at Dhantoli around 30 years ago and moved to Vithubaba Nagar in Jaripatka.
A police team comprising Naik police constable Vilas Chobitkar of crime branch, who had in the past nabbed offenders who had evaded arrest for 30-40 years, visited several government and semi-government offices to check whether Aware’s names could be found in any of the records.
Chobitkar came across Aware’s name at the NMC property tax department which had his new address recorded in the online system.
Cops, under DCP Gajanan Rajmane, visited Vithubaba Nagar. On inquiring with the locals about Aware, cops learnt that he earlier stayed at Dhantoli. Cops then nabbed Aware.