Overview
- Police say Special Cell officers from the NDR unit arrested Shabir Ali near the Shambhu border on June 14 after intelligence from human sources and technical surveillance led them to his location.
- Ali, also known as Shabir Chaudhary, is wanted in a 2025 case filed under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act and is linked by police to 14 criminal cases including murder, attempted murder, extortion, land grabbing and Arms Act offences.
- Officers recovered a Mahindra XUV700 and a scooty during the June operation, and earlier raids connected to the syndicate yielded multiple pistols and live cartridges, police said.
- The Special Cell says Ali led the Shabir Chaudhary‑Hashim Baba‑Anwar Chacha syndicate active in Trans‑Yamuna and North‑East Delhi; his arrest brings the number of members held in the MCOCA probe to ten.
- Investigators plan remand and formal charges in Delhi courts and will follow up on alleged cross‑border links to Nepal and Dubai, a line of inquiry that could expand cooperation with authorities outside India.