Delhi Police Special Cell arrested a most wanted gangster cum extortionist of Bihar on Tuesday at the New Delhi Railway Station.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Special Cell, Sanjeev Kumar yadav said the accused has been identified as Tanveer Alam (30), who is wanted in more than 10 cases of heinous crime like murder, attempt to murder, extortion, dacoity, robbery, etc in Patna.
Information was received from Bihar Police that Alam is hiding in Delhi/NCR and making extortion calls to the businessmen in Patna.
Both human and technical surveillance were mounted to track his movements. Alam was found frequently changing his location in the area of Sadar Bazar, Mayur Vihar in Delhi and Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, said police.
“On September 19, specific input was received that Alam would come to New Delhi Railway Station to meet his contact during the wee hours. A joint team of Special Cell and Bihar Police was deployed at the vantage points. Alam was arrested near exit gate of railway station. He was subjected to sustained interrogation. He initially tried to mislead by stating that he was Ashok Choudhary. But finally he broke down and revealed his real identity and criminal past,” said the DCP.
Alam also disclosed that he belonged to notorious Pinku Choudhary gang who was having fierce rivalry with Ajay Verma Gang in Patna. Both the gangs have gunned down several members of rival gangs in the past to settle score with each other and for dominance in the city.
Recently, Alam alongwith his associates, had gunned down his rival gangster Ravi Singh alias Rahul Mod on June 29 in Patna in a cross firing between both the gangs members.
Patna Police, thereafter, had launched manhunt for Tanveer Alam. He came to Delhi about two months ago and started residing in Mayur Vihar area by assumed name of Ashok Choudhary, police said adding, he continued running his extortion racket by calling and demanding extortion money from affluent businessmen of Patna.
In one such case he demanded extortion money of Rs 50 lakhs from a businessman of Patna on September 13. Case of extortion was registered against him in Khajekalan Police Station in Patna.