Overview
- Rehmat Ali, identified as Rehmat Ali Sheikh, was detained at an embroidery factory in Ahmedabad’s Rakhial area.
- He is wanted in a Punjab case alleging transport of heroin, hand grenades and pistols from the Punjab–Pakistan border in January.
- Punjab Police had earlier arrested two suspects and seized 42.9 kg of heroin, four hand grenades, a Star-mark pistol and 46 live cartridges.
- ATS officials say he fled Punjab, travelled through Nepal and Bihar, and took work in Ahmedabad, with his movements tracked through specific intelligence.
- Gujarat ATS has informed Punjab Police and begun legal steps for his handover, and preliminary questioning points to a wider smuggling network.