Overview

• Shiva Armogam Shetty was arrested on May 29 after allegedly committing 11 housebreaking and theft offences across Thane, Mira Road, Navi Mumbai and Palghar since his January bail release
• Shetty had been ordered to report regularly to the Kanjurmarg police station but disappeared and was later tracked down in Kalwa living under a false identity
• Investigators invoked stringent MCOCA provisions against Shetty to limit his influence and make further bail unlikely
• Harun Ali Mustakin Ali Sayyed was taken into custody on May 26 in Talasari for a 2001 Palghar murder after evading capture for 23 years
• A five-month reinvestigation combined traditional detective work with technical surveillance to re-examine records, activate informants and locate Sayyed for prosecution