Criminal detained under MPDA

Police sub-inspector Dilawar Sayyad, externment officer attached to J J Marg, said Usman was nabbed from his native village at Nizampura in Uttar Pradesh, where he fled after committing the murder. He had been eluding the police dragnet for more than five months, Sayyad revealed.

Usman, 32, named in over 22 reported and unreported cases of murder, attempt to murder, robberies, extortion and assault, was active in Undria Street, Surti Mohalla, Temkar Street, Mastan Talav, Nagpadaand other adjoining areas in central Mumbai.

The J J Marg police have taken precautionary measures to lodge Usman in the Central Prison at Nasik. The other members in the squad who nabbed the criminal are Assistant Inspector Sandeep Dal and Senior Inspector N M Asulkar.