Man wanted in 16 cases arrested by police

A man wanted by police in at least 16 criminal cases, including three of murder and his associate were arrested from arrested from southwest Delhi's Najafgarh area, police said today.
The accused, identified as 37-year old Sandeep alias Mental and his associate Pradeep, believed to be a sharp-shooter, were arrested by a police team yesterday after they laid a trap on the basis of a tip-off, DCP (Southwest) R A Sanjeev said.
According to the police, the duo were collecting money to eliminate one Shakti, who heads a rival gang in the area.
The police have seized one semi automatic pistol, three live cartridges and an SUV with a fake number plate from their possession. With further investigation it emerged that the duo had allegedly stolen the SUV from Gurgaon last year, police said.

Mental, a native of Haryana's Bahadurgarh who heads a gang in southwest Delhi, was wanted in at least 16 crimial cases, including three murder cases registered between 2009 and 2012.
His associate, Pradeep, who allegedly worked as a sharp-shooter for him, was also wanted in at least three cases, including two of murder, police added.