A serial criminal, who was wanted in several criminal cases and had been on the run for the past nine years, was finally arrested in Rajasthan's Churu district, the police said on Monday. The criminal, identified as Vinod Mitathal, who has over four dozen criminal cases registered against him in Haryana and Rajasthan, carried a cash reward of Rs 3 lakh on his head, a Haryana Police spokesman said here.

Three 9 mm pistols, six cartridges and nine cartridges of .315 bore were seized from his possession, he said. Mitathal, a resident of Mitathal village Haryana's Bhiwani district, was wanted for several crimes, including murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping and ransom, the spokesman said.