Gangster wanted in Mumbai arrested from Bengaluru

MUMBAI: Iliyas Abdul Aziz Khan alias Iliyas

Bachkana

, a gangster wanted in several offences of extortion, murder, attempt to murder, dacoity, robbery and supari killing, was nabbed in a secret operation by the Mumbai Crime Branch in Bengaluru. He had been dodging the city police for the last six months.

The

Crime Intelligence Unit

(CIU) had received a tip-off that Bachkana was likely to appear at Taneja sports stadium at Hosur in Bengaluru to place bets on motorcar racing on Saturday.

"Our team disguised as punters and immediately after his identity was confirmed, we detained him," said Milind Kaate, senior inspector of CIU. He was handed over to the

Byculla

police which is probing a contract killing case and in which they have invoked the stringent law MCOCA. Developer Hifzur Rahman Ansari had allegedly given a contract to Bachkana to kill his ex-partner Raju Lilodia alias Sikander.