Satbir alias Pappu was involved in six cases of murder and dacoity registered in Haryana, Punjab and Delhi.
He was arrested, along with his wife Kamlesh, both declared proclaimed offenders in different cases, near Subhash Chowk yesterday, said Pushpendra Kumar, DCP (West).
In 2001, Satbir and another under-trial had escaped from police custody while they were taken from Ambala jail to a court in Sonipat.
They had robbed the pistol of the in-charge of the police team escorting them, said the police officer.
In 2006, he bought a house at Aakash Vihar in Ranhola area of Delhi and settled there. He along with his family members carried out theft and other criminal activities and bought 45 bighas of land in Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu, he said.