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“Salim was detained on Saturday and after interrogation he was arrested and introduced again to India on Monday,” stated the police. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Amit Kaushik confirmed the event and instructed The Hindu that he was in police custody. “The group has introduced Salim Sheikh to Delhi and is in police custody being interrogated,” stated the officer.
According to officers, the Sheikh was allegedly the primary unlawful arms provider to produce Zigana pistols to gangsters in India. “He has been supplying arms to gangsters like Lawrence Bishnoi and Hashim Baba from overseas,” stated a senior police officer.
The officer additionally alleged that Sheikh can be allegedly related to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and with Dawood Ibrahim and his D-Company. Sheikh’s title has been allegedly related to prime excessive profile murders, the primary being Sidhu Moosewala’s homicide the place he allegedly mentored one of many accused. Further, the officer additionally added that Sheikh’s title additionally cropped up in the course of the investigation of NCP chief Baba Siddique’s homicide, for allegedly supplying arms to the accused.
According to the police, Sheikh (52) hailed from Delhi’s Seelampur, was final arrested in 2018 in an arms provide case. “He fled overseas after getting bail and since then has been evading arrest,” stated the police.
The police instructed The Hindu that the accused constructed a base in Nepal after evading arrest by the police in India and had been visiting the neighbouring nation continuously. It is after a tip off the place it was learnt that the accused can be assembly an affiliate in Kathmandu, that the group detained him on Saturday together with Kathmandu police.
The accused first began was named in a number of FIRs for automobile thefts, adopted by armed robberies after which arms provide. According to the police, Sheikh dropped out of college after eighth class attributable to poverty and began working as a driver. “He first began auto lifting along with his buddy Mukesh Gupta alias Kaka, and later dedicated armed robberies and supplying arms to gangsters in India from overseas,” stated the officer. At current there are 9 FIRs towards him below arms act, theft, extortion, intimidation, from 1992 onwards; when he was booked below part 433 IPC for destroying property.
The police at current Sheikh is being interrogated by the police for his involvement in a number of excessive profile circumstances, the officer stated.
Published – August 14, 2025 02:41 am IST
