In a significant development, the Delhi Police arrested Chandra Shekhar Prasad, an 82-year-old man who had been evading capture for nearly 40 years after allegedly murdering his wife in 1986. The incident occurred on October 19 when Prasad, then 40, reportedly killed his wife at their residence in Shakarpur, East Delhi, by crushing her head with bricks amid suspicions of an extramarital affair. Following the murder, Prasad and his accomplices held a domestic help at gunpoint before fleeing. An FIR was filed, but Prasad remained at large and was declared an absconder in 1987. The case lingered unsolved due to the absence of modern investigative tools and digital records. Recently, a crime branch team reopened the case, employing a mix of human intelligence and technical surveillance to track Prasad. They discovered that he had family connections in Delhi and Bihar. After monitoring suspected mobile numbers, police laid a trap and arrested him in April 2023. During interrogation, Prasad confessed to the crime, revealing a history of quarrels with his wife that culminated in the tragic event.