India, Feb. 15 -- Police on Friday arrested alleged gangster Narender Singh alias Tillu from Rajiv Chowk for allegedly assaulting a contractor who refused to pay more following Singh's increased demand for more payments after an illegal market run by his gang in Badshahpur was demolished, officials said on Saturday.

Tillu, 43, a resident of Ravidas colony in Badshahpur, ran the Tillu gang with his brother Ravi Singh, who has not been found involved in this assault case. Police said Tillu has at least 13 cases of heinous nature registered against him, including murder, extortion, armed dacoity, illegal firearms and liquor smuggling, while his brother has five more cases.

Police said the duo operated an illegal market on about an acre of ...