Mumbai, May 28 (PTI) An alleged henchman of underworld gangster Chhota Rajan, who was on the run after being granted bail in an extortion case, was arrested today from Vashi here, police said.
Acting on a tip-off that Sundar Pillai, a key member of the Rajan gang, would arrive at Vashi to meet his wife, a trap was laid and the 47-year-old gangster was caught with a country made pistol, Raosaheb Sardesai, Senior Inspector at Vashi police station told PTI.
"Pillai, a key member of Rajan gang, had come on a bike.
He met his wife this afternoon and while he was coming out, he sensed that police might catch him. When he tried to flee, police nabbed him," Sardesai added.
He was earlier arrested on charges of extortion along with his two aides in March.