Overview

• He was detained at the Indo-Nepal frontier after a Special Cell team laid a trap based on a confidential tip-off.
• He has been transferred to Delhi for interrogation at the Special Cell headquarters to reveal his international arms pipeline.
• Police allege he trafficked Turkish-made Zigana pistols into India by dismantling them in Nepal and concealing parts in vehicle compartments.
• Investigators are examining his purported connections to Pakistan’s ISI, Dawood Ibrahim’s D-Company and his role in the murders of Sidhu Moose Wala and Baba Siddique.
• Salim’s criminal history dates to 2000, with arrests for vehicle theft, a 2011 robbery and a 2018 arms-supply case after which he fled abroad.