New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS): Delhi Police’s Special Cell has arrested a member of the infamous Prince Teotia gang from Gurugram, who was absconding in a carjacking case, an official said on Monday.

The official added that the gang is associated with the Lawrence Bishnoi gang.

The accused, identified as Taranjeet Singh a.k.a Ginni, a resident of Fatehgarh, Punjab, used to wear a turban, but later cut his hair to change his appearance in order to evade arrest.

It is pertinent to mention that 30-year-old Prince Teotia, who was also involved in a carjacking, was arrested by the Crime Branch in December 2022 and was killed allegedly by another inmate in Tihar prison in April last year.

The Deputy Commissioner of Police, (Special Cell), Alok Kumar said that Singh, along with his associates, stole one Fortuner car from the RTR flyover at gunpoint on October 29, 2022.

“They also fired from their pistol in order to scare the victim,” said the DCP.

However, recently, police received specific inputs about Singh who was continuously changing his hideouts in Delhi, Haryana and Punjab to evade arrest.

“After relentless efforts of more than three months, a trap was laid and Singh was finally traced and nabbed at 4:30 pm on January 5,” said the DCP.

On interrogation, it was revealed that the members of this gang are involved in several cases of assault, abduction, extortion, robbery, hurt, criminal intimidation etc. in Delhi.

“The accused was trying to revive the gang after the murder of the gang leader and was in regular touch with the other members of the gang. He had also cut his hair to change his looks so as to avoid arrest by the police,” said the DCP.