Suspected Dawood associate held

A suspected associate of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, who escaped from police custody, was arrested in the capital.

Anil Soni alias Iqbal, who escaped from a running train last weekend while being taken to Delhi from Suratgarh, was arrested from a south Delhi locality, a senior police official said.

Soni was awarded ten-year imprisonment in a fake currency racket case. He was lodged in Bikaner jail.

He was being taken to Delhi in connection with another fake currency case.