Gangster involved in more than half dozen cases held from Vasant Vihar

New Delhi: Delhi Police on Sunday said that they have arrested a gangster who was involved in more than half a dozen criminal cases.

The investigating agency said that the accused was also involved in a case of assault on Police Personnel at Patiala House court during custody.

Police identified the accused as Ajay Danial, a native of Tamilnadu.

He is an associate of gangster Gourav Jharera. Deputy Commissioner of Police (south-west) Devender Arya said that he was arrested from Vasant Vihar area by AATS team.

DCP Arya added that in the year 2013, he along with his associates had committed armed robbery in the area of Vasant Vihar in which he has gone to jail.

During this time, he met Gourav Jharera and became his associate and started extortion.

"In the year 2014, he opened fire in Vasant Gaon, in this case, he again went to jail and during the jail custody, he has assaulted a policeman in Patiala House Court who was on duty," police said.

In the year 2017, he had returned to Vasant village and assaulted a lawyer and went to jail in the case.

In April this year, he along with his associates namely Harsh, Prakash, Ashok have beaten up a person in Vasant village, who was residing in Dwarka in road rage and he was absconding in this case.

A team of AATS led by Inspector Rajesh Malik comprising of SI Mahesh made the arrest.