NEW DELHI: A man was arrested in southwest Delhi's Dwarka area for allegedly killing an advocate over a property dispute, police said on Saturday.
The arrested person, identified as Pradeep alias Praveen, was previously involved in 12 criminal cases, they said.
Advocate Virender Kumar (35) was shot dead by two bike-borne assailants in Dwarka Sector-1 on April 1, police said.
During the investigation, Pradeep and Naresh's involvement in the murder came to the fore. There was an ongoing feud between the duo and the advocate, a senior police officer said.
Police found that Pradeep was using a car which he bought sometime back and was constantly changing his location. He used to sleep in his vehicle and mostly took routes of small villages, away from highways, the officer said.
Police said they spotted Pradeep's car in one of the tolls in Murthal area in Haryana and he was later apprehended from Bhalgarh in Sonepat on Friday.
The weapon used in the crime has also been recovered from his possession, they said.
Pradeep's co-accused Naresh is absconding and efforts are on to nab him, they said.
According to police, Pradeep, a resident of Narela, used to do wrestling at Guru Hanuman Akhara, Roshanara Road and commit car theft.
The accused's family had a property dispute with the advocate. In 2015, Kumar had filed a petition in court due to which they were not getting compensation, police said.
Pardeep, along with his associates, tried to eliminate Kumar in 2017 for which a case was registered at Prashant Vihar police station, police added.
(With PTI inputs)
