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4 inter-state robbers held
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Four inter-state robbers, including a juvenile, involved in more than dozen of cases, were arrested here and a huge cache of arms and ammunition was recovered from them, police said on Saturday.

Mukesh Sisodi, Pratap Singh, Nitesh and a juvenile were arrested on Thursday when they were hatching a dacoity at a businessman's office at Vishwas Nagar at Shahdara in north-east Delhi, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (north-east) S K Jain.

Mukesh Sisodi, a resident of Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh and the kingpin of the gang, carries a reward of Rs 15,000, announced by Uttar Pradesh Police to catch him.

“From their arrest, a huge cache of arms and ammunition, including a pistol, a country-made pistol and nine live cartridges, was recovered,” said Jain.

Mukesh, known by his first name, told police that he was involved in more than half a dozen heinous cases, which include four attempts to murder, one murder-cum-rioting and extortion. He was also booked under Gangsters Act of Uttar Pradesh.

Illegal migrants deported

Eight illegal Bangladeshi migrants, including a 40-year-old woman, were deported to Bangladesh by a team of police personnel in the Bangladeshi Cell in Delhi on Saturday.

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(Published 08 January 2012, 01:09 IST)