A criminal wanted for trying to murder a police constable was arrested from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, police said on Monday. Dilshad, 35, who carried a reward of Rs50,000 on his head, was arrested from near the Mathura railway station on September 10.
A resident of Haryana’s Mewat region, Dilshad and six others who were in a pickup hit a Delhi Police patrol van on April 24 and injured constable Ugarsain when they were asked to stop in South Delhi.
Although police opened fire, the criminals escaped. Police said Dilshad was wanted in many criminal cases in Delhi as well as the National Capital Region (NCR).