India, Feb. 20 -- A day after police arrested fugitive gangster Mehfooz Ali alias Bobby Kabootar, they arrested his 32-year-old partner for allegedly running a drug syndicate for the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.

Ali (43) was arrested from the Mahipalpur flyover with his partner, Khushnuma Ansari (32), and their two associates, Mohammad Raji Khan and Shahbaz. Investigators said Ansari is being probed in several drug cases.

Ali had been evading arrest for nearly seven years in various crimes, including December's double murder in northeast Delhi's Jafarabad in which two brothers were shot nearly 50 times and killing of 35-year-old businessman, Nadir Shah, outside his gym in Greater Kailash-1 in 2024. He was also named accused in Punjabi singer ...