NEW DELHI, June 27 -- A man who has allegedly cheated multiple banks, making over Rs 18 crore through forged property documents and impersonation, has been arrested by the Delhi Police after evading arrest for nearly nine years, officials said on Saturday.

Sanjeev Dixit alias Sanjay Sharma, 53, was arrested on Thursday in connection with a 2013 cheating and forgery case registered at the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) police station.

Police said Dixit had been absconding since 2017 after escaping custody of Uttar Pradesh Police and was later declared a proclaimed offender by a Delhi court. He was later found to be in Tihar Jail in another criminal case.

According to the EOW, the case was registered on the complaint of one Usha Rani Sethi, ...