A man once associated with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim gang was arrested today from Gujarat, 25 years after he was booked for abetting murder, police said.

Nadim Mistry had allegedly helped slain gangster Mangesh Pawar, and Pilu Khan, also a member of Dawood gang, in murdering a person named Hajji in suburban Bandra in 1990, police said.

Mistry was arrested by the crime branch sleuths from Vadodra where he had been staying with his family, police said.