Overview
- Nisar Ahmed Fazal Ahmed Sheikh, alias Pappu Pager, was taken into custody by the Crime Branch at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport after arriving from Dubai.
- Police said they acted on specific intelligence about his flight and noted he had evaded arrest for more than two years.
- The case stems from an October 13, 2023 attack in Kashimira in which a gun aimed at Chandrakant Mallappa Kondagule misfired and the assailant fled.
- Authorities have applied charges including attempted murder, extortion and Arms Act offences in addition to provisions of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act.
- A court remanded the accused to police custody until March 20, bringing total arrests in the case to four, with police noting multiple prior cases against him in Mumbai.