Dreaded gangster Mohammad Sakil and his two associates involved in various criminal cases in the twin cities and nearby areas have been brought here after their arrest on Saturday from Karempudi of Guntur district in the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh.
The police are likely to take the trio on remand to grill them on various crimes. Sakil and his aides were arrested by a special police squad in a joint operation with the Guntur police. During the raid, cops recovered a sophisticated gun and two rounds of live bullets from their possession.
Cuttack DCP Sanjib Arora said on Tuesday, “Two months ago we had constituted a special team which raided suspected hideouts of the dreaded criminals in several other States including Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Bihar but they managed to slip away every time. We had traced their presence in Guntur area of neighbouring Andhra Pradesh this time and were able to nab
them. They will be court forwarded later on Tuesday,”
“Sakil is a history sheeter and is involved in various anti-social activities. As many as 22 different cases are pending against him at various police stations,” Arora added.
Sakil was on most wanted list of police for his involvement as a main accused in various infamous acts including murder of Cuttack Malgodown trader Farooq, Sheikh Bazaar Sahi head Keshav Behera’s murder, bomb hurling at former OCA Secretary Ashirbad Behera’s residence.
Recently Sakil and his associates were involved in bomb hurling at the house of Mohammad Sajaan, the head of Kesharpur Sahi on March 24, firing at Sheikh Jalil at Manisahu Chhak near Cantonment Road two days later followed by firing at police at Hadiapatha area.