Delhi Police arrests man wanted in MCOCA case after 9 years

Delhi Police has arrested a man from Haryana's Rohtak wanted in a Maharashtra Control Of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) case after nine years.

A 47-year-old man, wanted in a case under the Maharashtra Control Of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) and on the run for the last nine years, has been arrested by the Delhi Police, officials said on Wednesday.

Sunil Beri alias Sunil Kumar was the most active member of an interstate gang of robbers in Haryana's Mewat and was involved in more than eight criminal cases in Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, they said.

He used to receive robbed trucks, tractors, and containers laden with expensive articles from members of the syndicate, police said.

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Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) said, "The accused was arrested on July 30 from a house. He was hiding in the Rajender Colony area in Haryana's Rohtak. Beri was wanted and absconded in a MCOCA case for the last nine years. He was earlier declared a proclaimed offender in 2015 in the same case."

The police got information that Beri frequented areas in outer Delhi, Jhajjar and Rohtak in Haryana, officials said.

Inputs were developed by deputing sources and mounting surveillance on the movement of Beri and his associates. After putting in more than six months of effort, specific information was received that Beri was residing in a house situated in Rajender Colony. A trap was laid and Beri was apprehended on July 30," the officer said.