New Delhi, May 11 -- The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested six active operatives and shooters linked to the Hashim Baba and Rashid Cabalewala gangs, officials said on Monday.

More details are awaited.

Last month, a team of the New Delhi Range, Special Cell, Delhi Police, arrested a shooter of the Hashim Baba gang who had been absconding for the last two years, officials said.

The accused, Shadab Ahamad alias Shadab Chappal, was apprehended late in the evening in April, police said. He is the maternal nephew of jailed gangster Suhail Chappal. One loaded semi-automatic pistol and five live cartridges were recovered from his possession during the operation, the Special Cell said in a statement.

Shadab had been evading arrest for nea...