Overview

• On August 8–9, Delhi Police Special Cell and Nepal Police detained Sheikh Salim, ending his fugitive status after his 2018 bail escape.
• He is held in Nepali custody and undergoing questioning over his alleged links to Pakistan’s ISI and Dawood Ibrahim’s D Company.
• Investigators say Salim pioneered smuggling Turkish-made Zigana pistols by concealing dismantled parts in modified vehicle compartments.
• His supply chain armed high-profile criminals such as Lawrence Bishnoi and Hashim Baba across India’s northern regions.
• Police are probing his suspected involvement in the murders of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala and Nationalist Congress Party leader Baba Siddiqui.