Overview

• A special unit formed under DCP Vijaykant Sagar traced Khan’s movements through informant tips and relatives’ call logs to pinpoint his Wadala hideout.
• The 54-year-old suspect adopted the alias Arif Shaikh and worked as a welder in Deen Bandhu Nagar to avoid detection.
• Police arrested Arif Ali Hashmulla Khan on July 5 and remanded him to custody pending trial.
• Investigators are probing his three decades on the run and any accomplices who may have helped him evade arrest.
• Khan’s capture represents a rare resolution in one of India’s most prolonged efforts to hold 1992–93 Mumbai riot perpetrators accountable.