NEW DELHI, Aug. 7 -- A 24-year-old petty criminal who wore full sleeves to hide his tattooed arms and whose distinctive nose protruded from under his helmet - that's how a Delhi Police team remembered Sohan Rawat, the man arrested on Wednesday for allegedly snatching MP R Sudha's gold chain in Chanakyapuri two days earlier.

It was these details that helped the same police team - which had arrested him in a similar case last year - identify and nab him again, senior officers said.

Rawat, a resident of Harkesh Nagar in Okhla Industrial Area, also goes by at least two aliases - Sonu and Buggu - and frequently changed addresses to avoid being declared a proclaimed offender in any particular area, police said. A Class 8 dropout, Rawat left h...