Crime of Opportunity: The Capture of Mishra

Ajaykumar Mishra, involved in a murder-robbery in Chhattisgarh, has been arrested by Ahmedabad Crime Branch. Mishra was contracted for a property dispute murder but fled after an advance payment. He later killed Shakuntala Devi, stole cash and gold, and evaded police until his capture in Gujarat.

Ahmedabad Crime Branch arrested Ajaykumar alias Laxmisagar Mishra, a key suspect in a 2021 murder-robbery case in Chhattisgarh.

Mishra, who was initially hired to eliminate Ajay over a property dispute, ended up killing Shakuntala Devi and fleeing with cash and gold.

Police tracked him from Goa to Gujarat, where he was finally apprehended, concluding a lengthy manhunt.