Notorious serial killer Sohrab flees during parole; travels to Nepal

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Lucknow: Sohrab, the notorious serial killer who was in Tihar jail for years, has absconded from parole and could have travelled to Nepal via Moradabad, according to intelligence received by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF).

The Delhi Police, which was alerted after Sohrab failed to return to Tihar Jail post-parole, launched a manhunt and issued alerts to the UP STF and multiple state police forces.

Sohrab, along with his brothers Salim and Rustam, has long instilled fear in Lucknow and other parts of the country. All three have been lodged in Delhi's Tihar Jail for years. Sohrab was granted parole recently, which reportedly ended on July 1. However, he failed to return to prison, triggering a major security concern.

Sources in the UP STF revealed that Sohrab, accompanied by his wife, visited Moradabad and then crossed into Nepal. The STF suspects he may be planning to expand or reorganise his criminal network, which already has deep links in Nepal. Investigators are now scanning call records of his close associates and tracking his movement in NCR and border areas.

The trio has a long history of brutal crimes. In 2004, after their youngest brother Shehzade was murdered in Hussain Ganj during Ramzan, they avenged his death a year later by killing three individuals within an hour across different parts of Lucknow. Before executing the killings, they even called the then SSP Ashutosh Pandey, daring him to stop them.

Their criminal record includes daylight robberies in Delhi jewellery showrooms, politically motivated killings, and extortion from businessmen in Lucknow under the guise of collecting "shelter money." The brothers are known to have run their criminal syndicate from inside Tihar Jail through video calls and encrypted communications. Several murders were reportedly executed on their orders through hired killers, said a senior officer in UP police.