A 40-year-old man wanted in at least 20 criminal cases, involving murder, robbery and thrashing public officials, across Delhi-NCR, Western UP and Haryana was arrested from Jamia Nagar area here, police said today.
Acting on a tip off, the Special Cell of Delhi Police apprehended Faizan yesterday. On interrogation, Faizan revealed that he had earlier spent seven years in Meerut jail for murder, DCP (Special Cell) Pramod Singh Kushwah said.
He was earlier booked under Goonda Act and Gangster Act in Uttar Pradesh. His siblings, one of whom was killed in an encounter, are also involved in several criminal cases. One of his brothers is currently lodged in Tihar Jail in connection with a murder which he allegedly committed at Old Delhi's Daryaganj area around 16 years ago, police added.
