Overview
- Trombay police arrested 72-year-old Popat Govind Vaydande in Sangli on Thursday, then confirmed his identity with a voter ID card.
- The dormant 1981 attempted murder case was reopened after a court sought a search report and issued a Section 82 proclamation that declares a person an absconder and orders them to appear.
- Investigators rechecked old records, found a cover surname from a late associate’s family in Mumbai’s PNG Colony, and built a fresh trail.
- A former partner found living under a railway bridge in Shenoli and her daughter pointed officers toward Sangli, where informants and local police traced him to Ambegaon.
- Police say he was externed from Mumbai in 1981 and had multiple cases across Maharashtra, and he is now in custody awaiting further court proceedings.