Overview

• Delhi Police Special Cell joined Indian security forces and Nepal Police in an intelligence-led raid that arrested Sheikh Salim, alias ‘Salim Pistol’, this weekend.
• Officials say he trafficked pistols, carbines and other advanced weapons from Pakistan into India via Nepal, supplying Lawrence Bishnoi, Hashim Baba and other gang leaders.
• Investigators uncovered solid evidence of his direct ties to Pakistan’s ISI and Dawood Ibrahim’s D-Company in coordinating the smuggling network.
• Salim escaped custody after a 2018 Delhi arrest and operated from Nepal until intelligence pinpointed his location.
• Authorities are interrogating him to map his supply routes, identify financiers and dismantle his cross-border arms network.