India, April 13 -- The Delhi Police's crime branch on Sunday said it arrested a 44-year-old Uttar Pradesh-based gangster declared as a proclaimed offender (PO) wanted for 14 years in multiple cases of dacoity and robbery registered in Delhi and Punjab.

Police identified the suspect as Arjun Prasad alias Arjun Pasi. He was arrested on Saturday from a newly-developed colony in Janki Nagar in UP's Gonda, his hometown, they said, adding that Prasad operated a gang involved in heinous crimes.

Deputy commissioner of police (crime) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said that the central range team of the crime branch launched its operation to arrest Prasad following specific inputs regarding his movement in Gonda.

He was wanted for several high-profile cas...