Ghaziabad, Oct 18 (PTI) A wanted criminal and close associate of a Delhi-based gangster was arrested following a police encounter in Ghaziabad early Saturday, police said.

Kailash of Agroula village in the Loni subdivision was allegedly extorting money from sand mining contractors on behalf of the jailed gangster. He sustained a bullet injury in one of his legs during the encounter.

"Kailash is a key aide of Deepak, a notorious criminal currently lodged in Mandoli Jail in northeast Delhi. Kailash and his associates were overseeing an operation to extort money from contractors working near Pachayra village in Loni, close to the banks of the Yamuna River," said Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Shalimar Garden, Atul Kumar Singh.

Acting on a tip-off, the Teela Mod police initiated a c

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