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A execution convict, who jumped parole successful 2014 and allegedly built a parallel beingness arsenic an histrion successful Bollywood and Gujarati cinema aft changing his identity, was arrested by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch, constabulary said connected Thursday (May 21, 2026).
The accused, Hemant Modi, 53, was apprehended connected Wednesday adjacent a metro station. According to police, Modi was serving a beingness condemnation successful Mehsana District Jail successful transportation with a 2005 execution and rioting lawsuit registered successful Ahmedabad. He was granted 30-day parole by the Gujarat High Court successful 2014 but failed to instrumentality to custody upon its completion. The High Court past declared him a parole absconder successful July that year, stated a merchandise from the City Crime Branch.
“During his decade-long absconding period, Modi maintained a highly progressive and disposable vocation successful the amusement industry, appearing successful large Bollywood productions specified as Thugs of Hindostan alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan, and Jayeshbhai Jordaar starring Ranveer Singh,” the Crime Branch said.
Modi volition present beryllium handed implicit to Mehsana District Jail unit to service the remainder of his beingness term.
