New Delhi: Four associates of Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Shakeel were arrested from the South West part of the city on March 17 morning foiling their alleged attempts to commit a murder, police sources said.

The gang, led by one Tariq, had arrived in the capital to commit the crime but were nabbed on the basis of a tip-off from Dwarka area, the sources said.

The four, who hail from Sultanpur district of Uttar Pradesh, would be produced in the court later on March 17.

PTI