The Thane Crime Branch, in collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh ATS, has apprehended Osama Sheikh, the fourth accused in the murder of Jamil Ahmad Sheikh, a political leader of the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and an RTI activist.

Following the murder, Osama sought refuge in mosques in Kashmir, Jaipur, Lucknow and Delhi before taking shelter in mosques in Muzaffarnagar. The ATS had apprehended other accused—Irfan Sheikh, Habib Sheikh and Haji Badruddin—and handed them over to the Thane police.