Police said it took more than one-and-a-half decades to track Jamna since she used to be constantly on the run. During this time, she lived in Rajkot, Surat and several other towns, they added.For the last 16 years, Jamna Arjan Chunara had been evading the Gujarat Police. Accused along with several members of her family in a case of highway robbery that turned into that of murder after the death of one of the victims, the woman had been moving from one village to another, one city to another, traversing the length and breadth of the state. In the meantime, her husband and four sons were arrested, convicted, sentenced and, in a couple of cases, even released after serving time.But it was a visit to her home in Ahmedabad’s Aslali to meet her daughter that proved to be Jamna’s undoing. The woman, now 70, was nabbed by Ahmedabad Rural Police on Tuesday.Jamna was among nine persons who were accused in the case that dates back to March 18, 2009.According to police, a woman named Daksha and her husband Rajesh had left Ghatlodia in Ahmedabad to go back home after the final rites of an acquaintance when, around 9.45 pm, between Kamod and Indiranagar, the “gang” struck. They waylaid the couple and repeatedly hit them with a laundry bat, grievously injuring them in the process. The gang then proceeded to loot the cash, jewellery and phones of the victims and fled, police said.The couple was spotted by passersby who admitted them to a nearby hospital where Rajesh succumbed to his injuries during treatment.Jamna and eight others were booked under Indian Penal Code’s (IPC) sections 302 (murder), 395 (dacoity), 397 (dacoity with deadly weapon), and 400 (punishment for gang of dacoits) in the FIR filed at Aslali police station based on a complaint from Daksha, the survivor.Sub inspector R B Rathod of the Local Crime Branch (LCB), who nabbed Jamna, told The Indian Express, “There were a total of nine accused in the case. Of them, eight had been arrested. Subsequently, seven were found guilty by the trial court and sentenced to either seven years or life imprisonment based on whether they were found guilty for dacoity or murder. One accused was acquitted. Meanwhile, Jamna was never arrested in the case and had been absconding for the last 16 years.”SI Rathod said that in the period Jamna was on the run, her husband Arjan had died during Covid period while two of her sons had been released from prison after their incarceration. However, the other two, including the one who was sentenced to life imprisonment, are still behind bars.Story continues below this adSince Jamna was never caught, the police said that her trial was never conducted.Police said it took more than one-and-a-half decades to track Jamna since she used to be constantly on the run. During this time, she lived in Rajkot, Surat and several other towns, they added. They managed to finally track her down when she went home to Aslali to meet her daughter, said police. Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:ahmedabad