MAIN ACCUSED IN LINKING ROAD FIRING ARRESTED

MUMBAI: The main accused in the firing outside Gazebo Shopping Centre in Khar, Arbaz Sayyad, was arrested by the Mumbai police as soon as he returned to Mumbai after hiding out in Aurangabad for the past two months.

A team from the crime branch unit 9 arrested Sayyed on October 28, an officer who was part of the investigation said. Sayyed was nabbed on Friday evening when he returned to Mumbai, and was taken into custody, CB police inspector Sanjay Khatade said.

On August 11, at around 7.45pm three men, including Sayyad, fired a few rounds at the board of the shopping centre from a country-made pistol. The men left a note written in Hindi threatening to kill the hawkers outside the centre.

According to crime branch officials, Sayyad and his associates fled from the spot on their motorbike, reached Bandra station, where they abandoned the two-wheeler, and then left the city in a train. Sayyad was hiding out in Aurangabad.

The Khar police, where the case was registered, arrested three other accused including Sayyad’s cousin Sharik Shaikh (24). While Shaikh was arrested on August 16, two other accused, Noor Shaikh, 19, and Rohan Tambe, 22, were arrested on August 23.