LUCKNOW, Nov. 19 -- Riding a bike taxi and ferrying passengers in Kolkata, Uttar Pradesh's dreaded gangster Mohd Sohrab's run from the law ended on Monday when he was arrested in a joint operation by the UP Police and the Delhi Police Special Cell, UP ADG (law and order) Amitabh Yash confirmed on Wednesday.

A senior official said the 40-year-old Lucknow gangster, who had been absconding for over four months after jumping parole from Delhi's Tihar Jail, was found working as an app-based bike taxi rider using a forged identity. With his financial channels drying up, Sohrab had taken up the job to support himself and his wife, unaware that the app's regular data trail would expose his location. Forged identity documents were recovered from ...