New Delhi Oct 30 PTI The Delhi Police has arrested a commander of the naxal outfit Peoples Liberation Front of India from Dhaula Kuan area here officials said on SaturdayThe accused has been identified as Anurag Ram alias Anurag Sadlohar alias Dhalbir they said The police received information that the commander of the naxal outfit was hiding in DelhiRam had been evading arrest after escaping from a lock-up inside Jashpur district court in Chhattisgarh they saidRam was an active member of the PLFI and was wanted in several cases He was hiding at the border area of Punjab and Haryana for the last seven years a senior police officer saidOn Friday police laid a trap near Dhaula Kuan Bus Stand and arrested the accused Deputy Commissioner of Police Crime Rajesh Deo saidDuring interrogation Ram disclosed that in 2012 he came in contact with PLFI members He got hold of firearms and started extorting money He had rivalry with some of his villagers and had also fired at a man in his village police saidOn February 26 2013 Ram along with his associates entered the house of a businessman and demanded Rs two lakh the DCP saidHe was arrested in Jharkhand Since he was wanted in cases registered in Jashpur he was brought there on remand On May 26 2014 23 under trial prisoners UTPs had been brought to the Jashpur district court from district jail for proceedings and were kept in the court lock-up there Deo saidRam along with three other accused had escaped from custody police added PTI NIT TDS TDS