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Chandigarh:  In a significant breakthrough under Haryana Police’s ongoing crackdown on organised crime, the STF Palwal unit has arrested notorious criminal Rahul alias Dhaulu—a ₹5,000 rewardee and resident of Nuh district—from Manali, Kullu (Himachal Pradesh). The wanted accused, believed to be involved in several grave offences across Haryana and the Delhi–NCR region, was traced and nabbed following precise intelligence inputs and technical surveillance.

Rahul was wanted in FIR No. 151 dated August 17, 2025, registered at PS Sadar Nuh / PS Rozka Meo, for which the Haryana Police had announced a monetary reward. STF teams, acting swiftly on real-time inputs, apprehended him from a rented accommodation in Manali, where he had been hiding to evade arrest.

A Long Trail of Serious Crimes

Rahul’s criminal past spans more than a decade, with police records showing involvement in at least seven major cases, including robbery, sexual assault, kidnapping, attempt to murder and criminal intimidation.
• In 2014, a case of sexual offence and kidnapping was registered at PS Sadar Nuh.
• In 2020, he was booked under Section 395 (robbery) at Sadar Sohna, Gurugram.
• In 2021, PS DLF Phase-1, Gurugram registered a case under Section 160 IPC against him.
• In 2022, New Delhi Railway Station police booked him for robbery and possession of stolen property, while another case of attempt to murder and intimidation was filed at Sadar Nuh the same year.
• He was also declared a Proclaimed Offender by a Gurugram court in the Sadar Sohna case.

Following his arrest, Rahul has been handed over to the police staff of Gurugram for further legal action.

Operation Track Down: Targeting Syndicates at Scale

From 5–16 November 2025, Haryana Police ran Operation Track Down, a coordinated drive aimed at crippling active crime syndicates and fugitive networks. The results underscore the state’s most significant anti-crime action in months:

• 670 accused arrested in 518 heinous crime cases

• 2,724 more arrests in other criminal cases

• 179 history sheets / personal files of hardened offenders opened

• Seizure of a sizeable weapons cache, including:
  – 250 cartridges
  – 21 desi katta
  – 55 pistols
  – 7 magazines
  – 2 revolvers
  – 4 guns

Police officials stated that these coordinated actions have disrupted multiple criminal modules, severely impacting their operational capabilities.

November 16: 60 Arrests, 48 Heinous Crime Cases

On 16 November alone, a dedicated state-wide push led to:

• 48 registered cases of serious crime, and

• 60 arrests made within 24 hours.

District-wise figures:
• Gurugram: 13 cases, 14 arrests
• Palwal: 8 cases, nine arrests
• Bhiwani: 4 cases, eight arrests
• Jhajjar: 7 cases, eight arrests
• Faridabad: 5 arrests in 3 murder cases

Additionally, 29 new history sheets were opened, with Kurukshetra leading with the highest number.

“No Place Safe For Criminals”: Haryana Police

Reiterating its zero-tolerance policy, Haryana Police said the arrest of Rahul ‘Dhaulu’ proves that criminals cannot escape the law by crossing district or state borders.
The force emphasised that anyone involved in organised crime, gangster activity or heinous offences will be tracked down and arrested, regardless of where they try to hide.