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Pune Police Book Nilesh Ghaywal in Passport-Forgery and Arms Cases After Kothrud Raid Finds Ammunition

Officials are examining lapses in passport issuance after a failed address verification enabled the absconding suspect to leave India.

Overview

  • Police conducting a court-approved search of Ghaywal’s Kothrud home recovered two live cartridges and four empty shells, leading to a new Arms Act case.
  • A fresh FIR alleges he procured a passport using forged documents, with cheating, forgery, impersonation, the Passport Act and the Aadhaar Act cited.
  • Investigators froze about 10 bank accounts linked to Ghaywal and his family with roughly Rs 38–40 lakh, and seized gold, cash and extensive bank records.
  • Land and windmill project papers tied to the Marathwada region were recovered, prompting scrutiny of suspected land grabs and a PMC review of his properties.
  • Police say he fled abroad following the September 17 Kothrud firing cases that invoked MCOCA against his gang, with a lookout notice issued and associates under watch.