Indian in FBI's top 10 most wanted list, biggest ever hunt launched


New York/New Delhi, Oct 19 (IANS): Considered as one of the biggest ever simultaneous chases in the US and India, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is hunting for an Indian fugitive, Bhadresh Kumar Patel, for the past four years.

Patel, who hails from Viramgam in Ahmedabad, figures in the FBI's top 10 list of most wanted fugitives and carries an award of $100,000.

FBI considers Patel as a cold-blooded murderer and an 'extremely dangerous' criminal who killed his young wife at a Dunkin' Donuts store in Hanover, Maryland, in a most bizarre way.

Though the top 10 list of most wanted fugitives is constantly updated and changed, as Bhadresh Patel continues to run from one place to another, his name continues to figure in the latest FBI list (2019), which includes some of the most dreaded fugitives. Patel's name first figured in the top 10 list in 2017.

Assisting the FBI in its investigation, County police detective Kally Harding said, "Patel's wife Palak was young and the scene was very brutal... She was killed in a horrible way, that's the kind of person (killer) we are dealing with."

Palak (21) and Patel (then 24) were working in night shift in the Dunkin' Donuts store. The CCTV footage retrieved from the store shows Bhadresh and Palak walking together towards the kitchen before disappearing behind the racks. Moments later, Patel reappears. He then shuts off the kitchen oven and walks out of the store, as if nothing had happened. His body language and facial impression seem to be very normal.

The FBI investigation into the brutal murder, which sent shock waves in Maryland, disclosed that the body of Palak, found hours later in the night of April 12, 2015, carried multiple stab wounds.

After brutally beating and stabbing Palak to death, Patel left the store and returned to his nearby apartment by foot. He then picked up some personal items and hired a cab to a hotel near an airport in Newark.

The taxi driver later reported that Patel was looking normal during the ride. CCTV footage revealed that Patel later checked into a hotel in Newark and was seen at the counter paying in cash for a room. He slept over the night and left the hotel in the morning.

Since then the FBI sleuths and their vast network of informers are trying hard to gather clues about Patel's whereabouts. The hunt for Patel is on in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Delhi.

Posters with different photographs of Patel have been printed in English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and even in French and they have been circulated in different parts of the world where Patel could hide.

FBI's agent in Delhi is also coordinating with different state police and law enforcing agencies to keep a tab on Patel's known friends and relatives. According to a senior IPS officer of Delhi Police, all efforts would be made to trace the fugitive if leads are provided by the FBI.

On several occasions, Indian probe agencies have coordinated with the FBI and other foreign police organisations to nab fugitives. In 2004, Indian immigrant Maninder Pal Singh Kohli, wanted in the sensational murder of British teen Hannah Claire Foster (17), was arrested from Darjeeling on a tip-off by the the British agencies.

  

Top Stories

Comment on this article

  • SmR, Karkala

    Sat, Oct 19 2019

    According to the reports FBI's most-wanted list the wanted man is seen in Madison Square Garden, New York, USA.
    He's also one of the participants in various RSS overseas wing of Hindu Swayamsseavk Sangh.

    Nepal has the largest number of shakhas outside India, the US comes second with 146. We are present in every state of the US. We have shakhas in cities like New York, Washington DC, Seattle and Miami.

    The connection between Oslo White supremacist terrorists and Hitler’s Hindus are never investigated properly. That resulted in the Newzleand Mosque attack in which attacker also is one of the follower of pseudonym Andrew Berwick, is a Norwegian terrorist who committed the 2011 Norway attacks.

    On 22 July 2011, he killed eight people by detonating a bomb in Oslo, then shot dead 69 participants of a summer youth camp on the island of Utøya. In July 2012, he was convicted of mass murder, causing a fatal explosion and terrorism.

    Since his imprisonment, Breivik has identified himself as a fascist and a Nazi who practices Odinism and supports ethnic-nationalists. Odinism is a form of polytheism. Breivik was an admirer of Hindu nationalist groups such as the RSS and the BJP. He wrote the manifesto at a time Congress government was in power. The following are the excerpts from his manifesto that adores RSS militancy and its anti-Muslim strategy.

    Is President Donal Trump government overlooking the Newzeland and Oslo attack and ignoring the raising activity of RSS on American Soil under the grab of Greed Card?

    Jai Hind

    DisAgree Agree Reply Report Abuse

  • D'Souza, Mangalore

    Sat, Oct 19 2019

    Because of a handful of fugitives like this Bhadresh and Shanker Hungud, many good and peace loving Indians' career is at stake in the US.

    DisAgree [1] Agree [12] Reply Report Abuse

  • YOGI THUNTA, MANGALURU - NEAR PUMPWELL CIRCLE

    Sat, Oct 19 2019

    MR MODIJI went to USA last time ! no effect of his charisma even they didnt afraid of him as he is one of the influential leader in the world ! He cant give a job to his own fellow citizen back in India ! WOW ! the recent survey says no contender for PM another 200 decades WOW ! That means we only produce USELESS UNIVERSITY GRADUATES / USELESS MBA / IPS / IAS ! So sorry I didnt follow the rule of democracy as there is no space to those educated only those qualified to be are RELIGION HEADS, SCHOOL DROP OUTS !!

    DisAgree [5] Agree [19] Reply Report Abuse

  • Salim Panja, Mangalore/Jubail

    Sat, Oct 19 2019

    One more gujju

    DisAgree [2] Agree [22] Reply Report Abuse


Leave a Comment

Title: Indian in FBI's top 10 most wanted list, biggest ever hunt launched



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.