- विज्ञापन -
New Delhi: Delhi police on Friday said that the Crime Branch have arrested a wanted gangster and a life convict who had jumped parole in a 2005 sensational abduction for ransom-cum-murder case in Nangloi.
Official sources said that during the strategic operation to nab the gangster, the Delhi Crime Branch team created a fake Instagram profile, posing as a Mumbai-based model to trap the fugitive gangster Manoj alias Arun, who has a long history of heinous crimes
The accused is wanted by police of the national capital, Haryana and Rajasthan in several heinous cases of murders and robbery.
The Delhi Police said that Manoj has been a member of Jitender alias Gagi Gang and is a close associate of notorious gangster Deepak alias Tittar who is presently lodged in several cases including MCOCA and the murder of rival gangster Tillu Tajpuria in Tihar Jail premises.
As per Delhi Police, the accused Manoj was active on Instagram and continued chatting with him over several weeks as a Mumbai-based model and finally managed to lure him to the Safdarjung Enclave area of South Delhi for a rendezvous.
The Crime Branch team laid a trap near the expected place of his arrival and the accused Manoj was successfully apprehended.
Upon a search, two sophisticated .32 bore pistols and 8 live cartridges were seized from his possession. Accordingly, a case under Arms Act was also registered and the accused was arrested in the case.
