<p> In a joint operation with the Bihar police, the Delhi Police's Special Cell has arrested a most-wanted gangster of the eastern state here, officials said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The accused has been identified as Azad Ali (43), a resident of Bihar's Siwan district, they said.</p>.<p>The city police received information that a gangster from Bihar, wanted in a sensational shootout during the Vidhan Parishad election in the state, was hiding in Delhi-NCR, it said.</p>.<p>On Friday, police got a tip-off that Ali would come to meet one of his associates to a location near Ring Road, Rajghat. A joint team was deployed and around 11:15 pm, Ali was spotted and nabbed after a brief scuffle, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Jasmeet Singh said.</p>.<p>A pistol and three live cartridges were seized from his possession, police said, adding that Ali was wanted in a case of shootout in Siwan on April 4.</p>.<p>One Aftab Alam, along with Ali, Osama (the son of late Shahabuddin) and seven-eight others, had fired indiscriminately with AK-47 rifles on a convoy of cars of one Mohammed Rahees Khan, when the victims were returning to their village after polling day, police said.</p>.<p>Five people had received multiple gunshot injuries in the incident and one of them, Vinod Yadav, died in the hospital, they added.</p>.<p>The attack was allegedly planned and orchestrated by Alam in a conspiracy with Osama, Ali and their other associates. Alam and Rahees -- two history-sheeters from Siwan -- had a rivalry with each other. Alam enjoyed the support of Osama, the son of deceased gangster Shahabuddin, police said.</p>.<p>Rahees had contested the election for the membership of Bihar's Vidhan Parishad but was defeated, they added.</p>.<p>Ali was involved in six criminal cases, including two murder cases and cases of attempt to murder, robbery, Arms Act, kidnapping for ransom, assault, hurt, intimidation etc., in Bihar.</p>
<p> In a joint operation with the Bihar police, the Delhi Police's Special Cell has arrested a most-wanted gangster of the eastern state here, officials said on Saturday.</p>.<p>The accused has been identified as Azad Ali (43), a resident of Bihar's Siwan district, they said.</p>.<p>The city police received information that a gangster from Bihar, wanted in a sensational shootout during the Vidhan Parishad election in the state, was hiding in Delhi-NCR, it said.</p>.<p>On Friday, police got a tip-off that Ali would come to meet one of his associates to a location near Ring Road, Rajghat. A joint team was deployed and around 11:15 pm, Ali was spotted and nabbed after a brief scuffle, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Jasmeet Singh said.</p>.<p>A pistol and three live cartridges were seized from his possession, police said, adding that Ali was wanted in a case of shootout in Siwan on April 4.</p>.<p>One Aftab Alam, along with Ali, Osama (the son of late Shahabuddin) and seven-eight others, had fired indiscriminately with AK-47 rifles on a convoy of cars of one Mohammed Rahees Khan, when the victims were returning to their village after polling day, police said.</p>.<p>Five people had received multiple gunshot injuries in the incident and one of them, Vinod Yadav, died in the hospital, they added.</p>.<p>The attack was allegedly planned and orchestrated by Alam in a conspiracy with Osama, Ali and their other associates. Alam and Rahees -- two history-sheeters from Siwan -- had a rivalry with each other. Alam enjoyed the support of Osama, the son of deceased gangster Shahabuddin, police said.</p>.<p>Rahees had contested the election for the membership of Bihar's Vidhan Parishad but was defeated, they added.</p>.<p>Ali was involved in six criminal cases, including two murder cases and cases of attempt to murder, robbery, Arms Act, kidnapping for ransom, assault, hurt, intimidation etc., in Bihar.</p>