Accused had changed identity, worked at juice plant while absconding

A sacked Army Captain, who changed his identity and started working in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, has finally landed in the police net after four years and sent to jail by a court here.

The DGP Punjab had constituted a Special Investigation Team comprising two officers of SP rank working in Fazilka district to trace and arrest Tomar.

The accused was continuously changing his locations and absconding after the Punjab and Haryana High Court upheld his arrest in September 2022.

It had directed the DGP to file an affidavit explaining the delay in his arrest by April 6, 2026.

The SIT reportedly succeeded in tracing Tomar from an online payment for an LPG refill.

The ex-Capt used to make online payments for LPG refill from his new bank account using the old PAN identity while working at a juice processing plant in Chhindwara district in MP.

City-1 police arrested Tomar and brought him to Abohar on Sunday. Police said that Tomar, a native of Kanpur, was posted as a Captain in the Abohar Military Station.

His wife, Shweta Singh, had died by hanging in the residential quarters here in 2013. On the statement of the deceased’s father, Ram Naresh, a case of dowry harassment and abetment to suicide was registered against Tomar and his parents. Army had placed Sandeep under suspension.

During the hearing of the case, the court of Additional District Judge at Fazilka on July 23, 2014 held Sandeep Tomar guilty of killing his wife, Shweta Singh, subjecting her to cruelty and voluntary causing grievous hurt.

He spent five years in Ferozepur jail before being granted bail, but after the High Court upheld his sentence and ordered him to surrender, he went absconding.