​ Gangster with bounty of Rs 15k arrested

SHAHJAHANPUR

: Police on Monday claimed to have arrested a wanted gangster who was on the run for the past six months and having a bounty of Rs 15,000 from

Sehramau

locality here.

Sumit Saxena, a resident of Tughlakabad area in Delhi, is wanted in three cases of

NDPS

and forgery registered at

Kotwali

police station of Shahjahanpur city.

Acting on a tip-off that the wanted gangster was hiding in a house in Sehramau area, Sehramau station house officer Rajendra Singh along with two teams raided the house where Saxena was hidden on Sunday night.

After getting information about the police raid, the gangster tried to escape, but Singh and his team nabbed him.

SHO

told TOI, “Saxena is an infamous criminal and has got three cases registered against him in Shahjahanpur. We were desperately searching for him for the past six months.”