The Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested six people and detained 20 during raids at multiple locations in the Delhi-National Capital Region in search of associates of gangster Kapil Sangwan alias Nandu, officials said.

The action comes days after six people, including two juveniles, were apprehended in connection with the killing of Delhi BJP Kisan Morcha leader Surendra Matiala in Dwarka’s Bindapur. One of the two shooters, arrested from Chandigarh, was associated with the Kapil Sangwan gang.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) M Harhsa Vardhan said 21 teams comprising 300 police personnel conducted simultaneous searches at 15 locations in Delhi and six in Haryana.

Twenty people have been detained and six arrested for various offences under the Arms Act and the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act based on the recovery during the raids and searches, he said.

The officer said the raids targeted Kapil Sangwan’s gang and his associates. Sometime ago, a case of murder was registered in Bindapur police station in connection with the killing of a man named Surender.

Eight people were arrested in the case. Wednesday’s raids were also connected to this case as Sangwan is alleged to be involved in the killing, he said.

Inputs suggest Sangwan, who has been declared a “proclaimed offender”, is currently hiding abroad, the officer added.

The arrested during the raids were identified as Nitin Narulla, Nikhil, Rajpal, Deepak, Mohit and Jitender Dahiya, police said, adding Deepak, Nikhil and Nitin were found involved in other criminal cases as well.

During the search operation, a bullet proof Fortuner car, three pistols with seven rounds of ammunition, Rs 20 lakh cash, 22.4 grams heroin and 73 grams amphetamine were seized from various locations, the DCP said.