A 38-year-old ‘serial killer’, wanted in over 30 cases of murder, robbery, extortion and other violent crimes, has been apprehended from Kolkata after tracking him across multiple states, police said on Friday.

The accused, identified as Sohrab alias Sourav, a native of Lucknow, jumped on furlough after his release from Tihar Jail on May 19. He had got parole in connection with a 2011 murder case in Delhi's Krishna Nagar, they said, adding that he had the backing of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari.

Police said Sohrab began his criminal career in 2005 with a series of revenge murders in Lucknow and later escaped from custody in 2007 while being produced in court.

Over the years, he allegedly executed several high-profile killings, including that of a Social Welfare Department employee

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