India, Sept. 24 -- A 37-year-old gangster wanted by the Jammu and Kashmir police was arrested from Bandra by the Mumbai police crime branch and handed over to the J&K police, a crime branch officer said on Wednesday.

Police said the suspect, identified as Royal Manjit Singh, had been on the run after the Bus Stand police in Jammu booked him for allegedly running an organised crime syndicate. The Bus Stand police have booked him under Sections 111 (organised crime), 351 (criminal intimidation) and 333 (house-trespass after preparation for hurt, assault or wrongful restraint) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.

"We picked him up based on specific information and handed him over to the J&K police," said the crime branch officer.

He is al...