PATNA, Dec. 2 -- Patna Police on Monday arrested Avinash Srivastava alias Amit, a psycho killer, from Chauk Shikarpur Nalapar area under Chowk police station in the sate capital. Srivastava is alleged to have murdered around 20 people in a short span of criminal career and was on way to another crime when the police nabbed him, said police.

He is reported have come out of jail on a bail only two days back.

The police also seized illegal firearms and live cartridges from his possession.

Confirming the arrest, DSP-2, Patna City, Dr Gaurav Kumar said that Srivastava was arrested after the police got a tip-off that he was plotting the murder of a prominent businessman with his gang members in Patna. "I personally led the special team to ar...