A former Delhi police constable, allegedly involved in various criminal activities and absconding for the past seven years, was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force, police said today.
The accused, Davinder Singh, was arrested from Ghaziabad area last night after a brief encounter. He was brought here for interrogation, Ajay Kumar Sahdev, ASP, UPSTF, (western UP) said.
Davinder, a resident of Saidpur village had multiple cases registered against him in Uttar Pradesh and was absconding for more than seven years. The state police had also announced a reward of Rs 50,000 for his arrest, he said.
A pistol, four live cartridges, four empty cartridges, Rs 1,065 cash, driving licence and a mobile phone were recovered from the accused, Sahdev said.
During interrogation, Davinder revealed that he joined Delhi police as a constable in 1989. He was dismissed from service in 2001.
He revealed that after his accomplice, Ajay, was killed in a police encounter, he fled to Dehradun. As police was on his lookout and tracing his location, he moved to Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh along with his family members.
He started duping people on the pretext of selling 'radio active material sulemani stone'.
Davinder had struck a deal with a Kolkata-based trader and had come to Ghaziabad in connection with a property deal when he was arrested, the ASP said.
More than 20 cases have been registered against him at Bulandshhar, Meerut, Aligarh, Gautam Budha Nagar, Hapur and Ghaziabad, ranging from attempt to murder and robbery, he added.
