New Delhi, May 6 -- The Delhi Police Crime Branch on Wednesday arrested a 38-year-old man wanted for the July 2025 murder of national boxing champion Vikas Bhinda.

The suspect, Sumit Rana, had been on the run for over eight months and was officially declared a wanted criminal.

On July 29, 2025, Bhinda was shot dead in Delhi's Baba Haridas Nagar area. Police stated the attack was carefully planned by a local gang to settle an old rivalry and spread fear in order to extort local businessmen.

Rana, a hotel management graduate who previously worked in Malaysia and Dubai, returned to India in July 2025 and joined forces with his cousin, gang leader Vikas Dahiya. Police identified Rana as the main planner of the murder. Following the shootin...