chennai notorious gangster cd mani who had been absconding for three years was arrested from sriperumbudur he was nabbed from his hideout by a special team headed by joint commissioner of police authorities said mani had 28 cases against him mani alias manikandan was the most feared hooligan in south chennai he grew infamous as cd mani as he initially sold pirated dvds in teynampet in the 1990s later he joined forces with gangster periya mahesh mani was involved in eight murder cases and also helped many real estate businessmen settle deals through illegal meanspolice intensified search after he hurled a country bomb at a construction site in west saidapet to threaten a man called jagannathanmani has been detained under goondas act four times he is involved in 15 attempt to murder cases and booked under arms act five times he is acquitted in two cases while five is pending trialthose arrested were mani vinod sivakumar sori suresh uri alias uriuran ilango and madhavan a gun knives a car and twowheeler were seized a case has been registered at the kanathur police station and further investigation is on