The accused Arjun Mahto, who was allegedly involved in a gang rape and murder of a girl in Sitamarhi district in Bihar, was arrested near Uttam Nagar Metro station by a police team on August 16, said Surender Kumar, DCP(south west).
Mahto had allegedly raped and then murdered a girl in Kanhauli Bazar village in Sitamarhi(Bihar) when he was a juvenile, along with three other persons in 2011, he said.
Mahto was planning to form a gang to become a gangster in his home state after procuring arms. He had gone to fetch arms from a supplier near Uttam Nagar Metro station where he was caught by the police that had laid a trap for him on a tip off.
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