Wanted criminal held in west Delhi

A wanted criminal and his wife have been arrested in west Delhi, police said today.
Satbir alias Pappu was involved in six cases of murder and dacoity registered in Haryana, Punjab and Delhi.
He was arrested, along with his wife Kamlesh, both declared proclaimed offenders in different cases, near Subhash Chowk yesterday, said Pushpendra Kumar, DCP (West).
In 2001, Satbir and another under-trial had escaped from police custody while they were taken from Ambala jail to a court in Sonipat.
They had robbed the pistol of the in-charge of the police team escorting them, said the police officer.
In 2006, he bought a house at Aakash Vihar in Ranhola area of Delhi and settled there. He along with his family members carried out theft and other criminal activities and bought 45 bighas of land in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu, he said.

His elder son Uday was an auto-lifter, who died in a road accident in February this year in Mangolpuri area. His younger son - a minor - has also been apprehended in a house burglary case in Ranhola area, the officer added.