The Delhi police has arrested an alleged contract killer who was wanted in the many cases including the killing of an Engineering College owner in Ghaziabad.
The accused, identified as Yogesh, 36, who belongs to Jhajjar district in Haryana, was held from Dwarka Sector 22 on Friday after receiving a tip off, additional commissioner of police (south-west) Anil Kumar Ojha said.
“An information was received that Yogesh had been residing in Dwarka. A trap was laid near Vardhman Mall in Sector 22 and he was nabbed. When police team tried to verify the identity, Yogesh tried to mislead the police by saying that he is Rajiv Malik and had nothing to do with the murder of Suresh Chand Gupta of Ghaziabad,” he said.
Uttar Pradesh police had announced a reward of `50,000 for his arrest. Yogesh told police that he had been residing in a flat of his friend in Dwarka for the last eight months.
During interrogation, Yogesh told police that he is a contract killer and had murdered the owner of the Ghaziabad college after taking money.