India, July 7 -- A 49-year-old man, suspected to be the main accused in at least four cases of robbery and murder, and who has been on the run for over two decades, was arrested by the Delhi Police's Crime Branch on Saturday, officers aware of the matter said on Sunday. The accused was mainly active in the 1990s, when he targeted cab drivers, killed them outside Delhi, dumped their bodies in hilly areas and sold their cars to a contact in neighbouring Nepal, senior officers said.

Police said the accused, Ajay Lamba alias Bansi, was arrested near India Gate, upon being recognised by a long-time informer. He was visiting Delhi to attend a hearing in a 2021 narcotics case, which he was charged with under a different identity, but was caught...