Ameershad Khan (56), a distant relative of Dawood's sister Hasina Parkar has been arrested by the Vakola Police on Monday. He was the mastermind behind the brutal murder case of Vakola resident Abdulla Khan (53). The cops have also arrested four other accused identified as Azeem Khan (29), Jaheed Khan (36), Moinuddin alias Guddu Shaikh (35) and Jitendra Jadav (36) in connection with the murder case on December 21, 2018.

According to the police, Ameershad, after killing Abdulla with his associates, was on run and sought shelter in different mosques outside Maharashtra, Ajmer, Indore and Uttar Pradesh. He stayed for a few days in a mosque to escape cops and after 4-5 days he would move to another location so that no one could trace him.

"Last week as per our tip-off, he exhausted all his money and visited one of his relatives in Chunabhatti on Monday night in order to borrow some cash. That is where we arrested him and he confessed his crime," said an officer.