Prison escapees arrested in Saket

new delhi: two alleged criminals who had been on the run after escaping from a prison van in november last year were arrested by the police on tuesday. the two accused, subhash chander alias surya (21) and bunty (25), were reportedly armed with handguns at the time of their arrest. police officials said the duo have committed over 40 heinous crimes, including contract murders and kidnappings.the two have also allegedly fired at police officials in the past. according to the police, on november 22 last year a haryana police jail van was taking the two accused along with four undertrials from the bahadurgarh court to a jail in rohtak. subhash and bunty allegedly broke a window and jumped out of the moving van in sonepat. a few days back the special staff of the south delhi police learnt that the duo were coming to a market in saket. a trap was laid and the two arrested. police officials claimed that a .32 bore revolver and a .315 bore pistol were recovered from the duo. during questioning bunty reportedly told the police he had committed about 20 heinous crimes including dacoities, murders and robberies. police officials said bunty was a school dropout and had taken to wrestling. it was with some fellow wrestlers that bunty allegedly kidnapped a child from rohtak. he was arrested for the kidnapping, but once he released from jail he formed his own gang and took to robberies and dacoities. over the next few months the gang was responsible for a number of sensational crimes. bunty, said officials, was behind a number of robberies at petrol pumps and outside banks. the accused also reportedly told the police that had they not been arrested, they would have murdered three undertrials in faridabad. the trio had apparently been involved in the murder of a friend.