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Updated: Sep 15, 2017 14:44 IST

Police captured Satyawan Sehrawat alias Sonu Dariyapur, the capital’s most wanted criminal, after a dramatic shootout and chase at Narela in outer Delhi on Thursday morning.

The authorities were hunting for Sonu in connection with 10 cases, including a triple murder involving friend-turned-foe Monu Dariyapur in April.

Delhi Police had announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh, the highest yet, for anybody providing information on Sonu. The Haryana police, for their part, placed a bounty of Rs 50,000 on his head. The gangster had been on the run since 2009, when he jumped parole.

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Delhi’s most wanted falls in police net One of the Capital’s most wanted criminals, Satyawan Sehrawat alias Sonu Dariyapur, was arrested by Delhi Police Special Cell on Thursday morning from outer Delhi’s Narela following a brief shootout. Here is a look at other notorious criminals who gave the city’s law enforcement agencies nightmares CAPITAL’S TOP 10 CRIMINALS NEERAJ

BAWANA

Profile: Neeraj Sehrawat alias Neeraj Bawana is involved in 40 cases of extortion, land grabbing, murder, attempt to murder, criminal intimidation registered in Delhi, Haryana.

Status: Arrested, lodged in Tihar jail MANJEET

MAHAL

Profile: Mahal is allegedly involved in a series of murders, land grabbing and extortions in Delhi and other states. Mahal allegedly planned the murder of former Indian National Lok Dal MLA from Najafgarh, Bharat Singh

Status: Arrested VIKAS

LANGARPURIA

Profile: Langarpuria’s area of influence is Delhi-Haryana border. He is allegedly involved in more than a dozen crimes, including extortion and murders. He was also involved in the conspiracy behind Bharat Singh’s murder.

Status: Arrested HEMANT

ALIAS PRADHAN

Profile: Hemant hails from Najafgarh and is the nephew of gangster Udaiveer Kala, the prime accused Bharat Singh’s murder. Hemant was involved in the attack on Bharat Singh.

Status: Arrested SAMUNDER

ALIAS SURENDER

Profile: Samunder is a contract killer and aide of gangster Sonu Dariyapur. In 1994, he killed his maternal uncle and joined Anoop-Balraj gang. He is involved in 15 contract killings and carries a reward of Rs 1 lakh.

Status: Absconding JITENDER

ALIAS GOGI

Profile: Gogi took to crime during his college days. He is involved in several murders and attempt to murder cases. He fled from police custody in 2016 and carries a reward for his arrest.

Status: Absconding KAPIL SANGWAN

ALIAS NANDU

Profile: Nandu has a rivalry with gangster Nafe alias Mantri. This rivalry has led to gangwars in Delhi in which about a dozen people have been killed in the last three years.

Status: Arrested NAFE

ALIAS MANTRI

Profile: Mantri is a aide of Manjeet Mahal. Mantri’s father, a retired police sub-inspector , was killed by Nandu gang in 2015. He is involved in over a dozen cases of murder, robbery, heinous crimes.

Status: Arrested RAVINDER

ALIAS BHOLU

Profile: A suspect in the Bharat Singh murder case, Bholu committed suicide at a flat in Amritsar. He was involved in 21 cases of murder, kidnapping and robbery.

Status: Dead NAVEEN KHATI

ALIAS PEHALWAN

Profile: Khati entered the crime world in mid 90s and joined the Anoop-Balraj gang. He is involved in around 10 cases, five of which are of murder.

Status: Arrested

Deputy commissioner of police (special cell) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said Sonu was driving down to Delhi from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh to meet an associate, Vijay Lamba, when special cell sleuths intercepted his white Hyundai i20 car around 5am. “A cornered Sonu pulled out a pistol and fired twice at inspector Vinay Kumar and assistant sub-inspector Shiv Mangal. However, the two police officers escaped unhurt because they were wearing bulletproof vests,” said Yadav.

The gangster surrendered after the police team fired in retaliation. Two pistols and 17 cartridges, besides the Hyundai i20 car (the same one used in the triple murder), were seized.

Sonu and seven accomplices had attacked Monu Dariyapur on April 30, while he was travelling in a car with his personal security officers — assistant sub-inspector Vijay Kumar and constable Kuldeep — and two others (accomplices Arun Setani and Yogesh) through outer Delhi’s Mianwali Nagar.

The assailants fired indiscriminately at the occupants of the car, killing Monu, Vijay Kumar and Setani. The other two were injured.

The gangster was reportedly furious that Monu had married his cousin against her family’s wishes. More than 40 bullets were fired in the incident, 20 of which struck Monu alone.

Sonu had joined hands with Haryana-based gangster Rajesh aka Raje, who was also looking for support to kill a rival, to attack his former friend. Monu was accorded police protection in view of a previous attempt on his life.

Six of the accused, including Raje, were arrested in the last four months. Sonu remained underground, constantly moving from one hideout to another across Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi to escape detection.