<p>A 32-year-old Uttar Pradesh-based gangster was arrested here after he hired sharpshooters to kill three top industrialists, police said Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Mohammad Yusuf was arrested from the Alipur area of north Delhi on March 20 following which he was in five-day police custody.<br /><br />According to the police, Yusuf was Wednesday presented before the chief judicial magistrate, who sent him to 14 days' judicial custody.<br /><br />Police said Yusuf has been a former aide of Ejaj Lakdawala, who himself was a former member of the Dawood Ibrahim gang.<br /><br />"Yusuf gave the contract to eliminate two businessmen of Mumbai and one from the national capital region. He hired Punjab-based shooters for the job. He himself was going to Punjab to meet one of the sharpshooter," said a police officer</p>
<p>A 32-year-old Uttar Pradesh-based gangster was arrested here after he hired sharpshooters to kill three top industrialists, police said Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Mohammad Yusuf was arrested from the Alipur area of north Delhi on March 20 following which he was in five-day police custody.<br /><br />According to the police, Yusuf was Wednesday presented before the chief judicial magistrate, who sent him to 14 days' judicial custody.<br /><br />Police said Yusuf has been a former aide of Ejaj Lakdawala, who himself was a former member of the Dawood Ibrahim gang.<br /><br />"Yusuf gave the contract to eliminate two businessmen of Mumbai and one from the national capital region. He hired Punjab-based shooters for the job. He himself was going to Punjab to meet one of the sharpshooter," said a police officer</p>