Surendra Yadav of Jharkhand was apprehended by police following a tip-off and he was picked from Sriperumbudur near here, police said.
He had been living here for about a year as a construction worker in the industrial hub of Sriperumbudur, they said, adding there are 17 cases pending against him.
Yadav, also wanted in Chattisgarh and Bihar, was produced before a local court which allowed his transfer to Jharkhand, police said.