Actor, who worked with Bachchan and Aamir Khan, arrested after 12 years on the run

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• A 53-year-old professional actor, who jumped parole while serving life term in a murder case and changed his identity to star alongside Bollywood actors such as Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, and Ranveer Singh, was arrested in Ahmedabad on Thursday after 12 years.
• Hemant Modi, originally a resident of Naroda in Ahmedabad, was recently traced to a house near Ghee Kanta Metro Station in the city, where Ahmedabad Crime Branch officials arrested him.
• Read Full Story Ahmedabad Crime Branch DCP Ajit Rajian told India Today that Modi had been convicted in a 2005 murder case in Naroda and was serving a life sentence.
• He was lodged in Mehsana jail before being granted parole by the Gujarat High Court in 2014. However, after the completion of the 30-day parole period, the 53-year-old failed to surrender before authorities and was officially declared a "parole jumper" on July 25, 2014. During the years he...