Fugitive Raju Shukla arrested in Bengaluru after 17 years

A 40-year-old man named Raju Shukla was arrested in Bengaluru after hiding for 17 years. He is wanted for five murders in West Bengal and Vasai. The Crime Branch caught him on Thursday. Shukla committed his first killings in 2002. He murdered four of his family members in West Bengal. He then killed a friend in Vasai in 2008. After the last crime, he fled and used different names to avoid police. The police began looking for Shukla after the murder in Vasai. They visited his village in Bihar, but no one had seen him. Investigators tracked his friends and family through call records, helping them locate him in Karnataka. In Bengaluru, Shukla worked under a false identity as a security guard, plumber, and mechanic. Police set up a trap to catch him and succeeded on Thursday. During questioning, Shukla revealed details about his past crimes. He originally lived in Haldia village with his father and stepfamily. Shukla was unhappy with his stepmother and killed her along with his younger siblings. After that, he moved to Vasai, where he committed another murder before disappearing. He is now in custody and will be taken to Vasai for legal action.