A 36-year-old murder case accused and sharpshooter from Bihar has been arrested in the national capital, police said on Saturday.
The accused, Wazir Ahmed, who operated with gangsters in Gopalganj of Bihar, had been wanted since 2015 in connection with a sensational daylight murder of senior advocate in the state, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast) Chinmoy Biswal said.
A trap was laid at Sailing Road near Jamia Nagar on Friday at about 5.30 p.m, where the accused was to meet his acquaintance.
Ahmed has been committing crimes since 2002. He also worked in Saudi Arabia an as iron welder from 2002 to 2007.
A pistol and five cartridges were recovered from him.
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