Fugitive who lived disguised as woman for eight years arrested in Istanbul
Dubai: Turkish police have arrested a fugitive who allegedly spent eight years disguised as a woman and used his sister’s ID card to evade capture after being sentenced to prison for theft and impersonating public officials. The man, identified as Tuğrul Bar, had been wanted since 2018 after receiving a prison sentence in three cases involving theft and impersonation, according to the account.…
Turkish police have apprehended Tuğrul Bar, a fugitive who had been living as a woman for eight years, according to Gulf News. Bar was originally sentenced to prison in 2018 for theft and impersonating public officials, but instead of turning himself in, he altered his appearance and lived as a woman in Istanbul. He used his sister's identity card to avoid detection at security checkpoints.
Prosecutors say Bar's disguise allowed him to evade authorities for eight years, until investigators pieced together a financial trail that led them to Istanbul's Kadıköy district. Police found credit card purchases in his sister's name when she was reportedly outside Turkey, prompting surveillance. During a raid, a person in woman's attire was detained, and fingerprint analysis confirmed it was Bar.
He has since been transferred to prison to serve his sentence, and new charges of identity impersonation and document misuse are under investigation.
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