LUCKNOW, May 18 -- The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) on Saturday arrested an accused carrying Rs.50,000 bounty in connection with a Gangster Act case from Mumbai, nearly five years after he allegedly fled Ayodhya to escape police action in multiple robbery cases, STF officials said on Monday.

The accused, identified as Adil Ansari, was arrested from the Ghatkopar area of Mumbai, where he had allegedly been living under a false name and identity, officials said, adding, he was later brought back to Uttar Pradesh and handed over to Ayodhya police for further legal action.

Ansari, a resident of Subhash Nagar under Kotwali Nagar police station in Ayodhya district, was wanted in case registered under Section 3(1) of the UP Gangster ...