"A notorious criminal Yudvir Singh alias Bablu was apprehended along with a country-made pistol in the Vijaypur town of Samba district last evening", a police officer said.
He said that Singh, who was a wanted criminal, was planning to kill a member of a rival gang.
Singh was arrested by the police and during investigations it turned out that he was wanted in over a dozen criminal cases in various police stations in Samba and Jammu districts, he said.
The officer said that the accused was booked and a case registered under various sections of Arms Act at police station Vijaypur.
