EOW Kashmir Arrests Fugitive in 2018 Cheating Case After Four Years on the Run
The move executes a 2021 Section 512 warrant in a case registered under the Ranbir Penal Code.
Overview
- The accused is identified as Khalid Sahani, son of Farooq Sahani, from Reshi Mohalla, Khar Doori, Shaheed Gunj in Srinagar.
- He was apprehended on October 10, 2025 after the Economic Offences Wing acted on credible inputs.
- A Judicial Magistrate in Vailoo, Anantnag had issued the warrant on December 3, 2021 under Section 512 of the CrPC.
- The case stems from FIR No. 38/2018 registered under Sections 419 and 420 of the Ranbir Penal Code for alleged cheating.
- After being produced in court, Sahani was remanded to judicial custody and directed to be lodged in Central Jail Srinagar, with officials calling the arrest a message to absconding economic offenders.