Cops trace four accused to different districts; one arrest relates to a 1988 armed robbery case; operation to hunt down absconders will continue
The Bhoiwada police with the arrested accused Nafeez Abdul Aziz Sheikh. PICS/BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Mumbai Police’s Zone IV team, as part of a special fugitive search operation, has arrested four long-absconding accused persons involved in serious crimes. The accused had been on the run for periods ranging from 11 to 25 years and were traced to different districts, police said.
RAK Marg police with arrested accused Javed Yusuf Sheikh
In the first case, Javed Yusuf Sheikh, 48, wanted in a RAK Marg police case registered for dacoity, robbery, and under the Arms Act, was re-arrested from Thane on the night of November 20. He had earlier been granted bail but failed to appear before court, following which a permanent warrant was issued against him.
The second arrest was made by Kalachowkie police in a 2014 attempt-to-murder case. The accused, Rakesh Amrutlal Pasi, who had been absconding for 11 years, was arrested in Kolhapur district on Wednesday. In another Kalachowkie case dating back 25 years, for assaulting a group of people, the accused, Vilas Ganpat Ghorpade, was traced to Satara district and arrested around midnight on November 18.
Kalachowkie police officers with both arrested absconders
The fourth arrest relates to a 1988 armed robbery case registered at Bhoiwada police station. The accused, Nafeez Abdul Aziz Sheikh, 61, was traced to Ghodegaon in Pune and arrested on Thursday after identity verification, Dattaray Thakur, senior police inspector, Bhoiwada, confirmed.
All four accused have been produced before the respective courts, police said, adding that the fugitive search operation under Zone IV will continue to trace more long-pending absconders.
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