A 26-year-old man wanted in connection with a robbery in Jagatpuri in September last year, has been arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell, they said on Sunday.

Kasana gang member

Prabhjot Singh, a member of the Naveen Kasana gang, was arrested from Inter-State Bus Terminal (ISBT) at Kashmere Gate on Saturday, they said.

The accused is a resident of Geeta Nagar and carried a reward of ₹50,000, the police said.

Singh, along with his accomplices had looted ₹15 lakh from businessman Umesh Bansal on September 17 last year.

The police said that Singh had gone into hiding following the incident. He had hideouts in Chandigarh and Phagwara in Punjab and Mandsaur in Madhya Pradesh, they said.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Pramod Kushwah said that the accused was arrested from the ISBT while he was boarding a bus for Punjab. Singh had come here from Mandsaur.

The arrested accused has disclosed that Naveen Kasana had planned the dacoity and he along with Kasana, Shakeel, Ravinder, Anil and his other accomplices, had conspired to rob the businessman, he said.

They were also booked for threatening witnesses in the case. Members of the Naveen Kasana gang are named in over 100 cases, including robbery, at various police stations in Delhi.

Singh has been associated with the gang for the last five years. He had come in contact with Kasana through Shakeel, the police added.