An aide of notorious criminal Anandpal Singh, carrying a cash reward of Rs 1 lakh was today arrested in Nagaur district of Rajasthan, police said.
The accused Srivallabh had escaped with Anandpal and another criminal Subhas Moond from the custody of police when they were being taken back to Ajmer jail from a Nagaur's court in September last year.
Following a tip off, several teams of police conducted a combing operation and caught Srivallabh in Jaswantgarh town yesterday. He was placed under arrest today, SP (Nagaur) Paris Deshmukh said.
Srivallabh is a close aide of Anandpal and had played a key role in the escape on September 3 last year.
The criminals were being taken back to Ajmer jail after a hearing in the court in Nagaur's Didwana town when they managed to escape near Parbatsar.
He said more than 80 member of the gang of Anandpal, who carries a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh, have been arrested so far.
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