A suspected gangster was arrested yesterday from Valsad in Gujarat, around 22 years after he jumped bail in a murder case, a Mumbai Police official said. The accused Anil Gavande was a member of the K T Thapa gang which used to operate mainly in eastern suburbs of Mumbai during 1990s.

The arrest was made by unit VII of the crime branch of the Mumbai Police on a specific tip off, the official said. Gavande is also wanted in three more cases of murder, including for allegedly killing members of a rival gang, and other offences, he said.